title: [Phyllodes tumor in a pediatric patient. Case report and literature review].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Phyllodes tumors occur with a frequency of 0.3- 0.9% and are rare in young women. Their clinical presentation is unilateral and behavior and management are unclear. We present a phyllodes tumor in an 11-year-old female and we reviewed the literature regarding this pathology.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present the case of an 11-year-old female with a diagnosis of phyllodes tumor. Her disease began 4 months previously. We made an incision biopsy followed by simple mastectomy. Histological report demonstrated benign phyllodes tumor. The patient is currently disease free after 1 year.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Small phyllodes tumors can be excised with a 1-cm surgical border, whereas larger phyllodes tumors are treated with simple mastectomy. Precise pathological evaluation is necessary to plan a better surgical approach and to determine recurrence possibility.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Oncología, Centro Médico Estatal de Puebla, Puebla, México. oreaestd@hotmail.com.mx
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Orea-Estudillo
authors.forename: Lizbeth
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jaimes-López
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bernal-Cano
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy; D003557:Phyllodes Tumor / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery