title: Cystosarcoma phyllodes of the breast: a clinicopathological study of 11 cases.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Academic Surgical Unit, University College Hospital Galway, National University of Ireland, Ireland. Imran_alam@hotmail.com
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Alam
authors.forename: Z T
authors.initials: ZT
authors.lastname: Awad
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Given
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery; D003557:Phyllodes Tumor / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery