Tubular adenoma of the breast in a 73-year-old woman.
A 73-year-old woman presenting with a right breast mass is described. The patient underwent lumpectomy under a diagnosis of breast cancer. However, histopathologically the surgical specimen was tubular adenoma of the breast. This is a rare benign tumor that is difficult to differentiate from breast cancer clinically, especially in elderly patients. We describe two reported cases of tubular adenoma in patients older than 65-years in Japan, as well as the present case.
Nishimori
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First Department of Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Minami-1, Nishi-16, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-8543, Japan.
Sasaki
M
M
Hirata
K
K
Zembutsu
H
H
Yasoshima
T
T
Fukui
R
R
Kobayashi
K
K
D000236:Adenoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans