title: Giant fibroadenomas of the breast in an oriental community.
abstract: Twenty-six patients were diagnosed to have giant fibroadenomas of the breast over a 19-year period. The majority of these tumours occurred in adolescents and young adults and the bimodal age incidence described in caucasians was not seen. Tumour sizes ranged from 5 cm to 11 cm. None of the patients presented with a clinical picture simulating malignancy of the breast. All tumours were treated by simple enucleation; no recurrences were observed over a minimum follow-up period of three years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital.
authors.forename: T T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Alagaratnam
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: E Y
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Leung
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D018226:Fibroadenoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006723:Hong Kong / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged