[Breast tumor in teenager girl. Clinic-pathological considerations].
OBJECTIVE
Reporting a rare condition in children, with a dramatic clinical appearance preoperatively, though confirming the high frequency of the benign structure of such conditions at this age.


METHODS
We are reporting the case of a teenager girl, 13 years old, admitted to the Surgical Dept., Children's Hospital in Brasov, for an enlargement of her right breast by a huge mass. Considerations over the diagnostic methods and the surgical management are made, as well as over the pathological aspects and the outcome of the patient.


RESULTS
Both clinical evaluation and the imagistic diagnostic-ultrasound scan and mammography-suspect the presence of a large breast mass, but with a rather benign aspect, which is confirmed by the postop pathological exam as a fibroadenoma without any sign of malignancy.


CONCLUSIONS
This is to confirm once more the benign character of the majority of the breast masses with this age, despite their volume and appearance, and the opportunity of as much conservative surgical treatment as possible for the pediatric and adolescent patients.
Serviciul de Chirurgie Pediatrică, Spitalul de Copii, Str. Nicopole 45, Braşov.
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Mironescu
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Ruja
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Muntean
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Vâşcă
D000293:Adolescent; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D018226:Fibroadenoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome