Pleomorphic adenoma of the breast
Medina, A.; Uehlinger, K.
Helvetica Chirurgica Acta 47(1-2): 205-208
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0018-0181 PMID: 6254913 Document Number: 162151
The pleomorphic adenoma (mixed tumor) of the mammary gland is a rare benign tumor. Clinically, mammographically and histologically it can, on the basis of a quick-biopsy examination, be confounded with a carcinoma. We relate on a case of our own where the diagnostic difficulties conducted to an inadequate amputation of the mammary gland.