Cystosarcoma phyllodes of the breast: a clinicopathological study of 11 cases
Alam, I.; Awad, Z.T.; Given, H.F.
Irish Medical Journal 96(6): 179-180
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0332-3102 PMID: 12926760 Document Number: 552687
Eleven cases of phyllodes tumour were managed at a single institute over 12 years period. All patients were females, the mean age was 48 years, painless breast lump was the commonest presentation, the left breast was affected in (55%), the upper outer quadrant was the most commonly involved site (60%). Four cases were malignant and the remaining 7 were benign. The diagnostic accuracy rate of fine needle aspiration cytology and intraoperative frozen section was 17% and 37.5% respectively. Adequate treatment was wide local excision in benign cases and simple mastectomy in malignant tumour. At a mean follow-up of 37 months the local recurrence and distant metastasis rate was 27% and 9% respectively.