[Phyllodes tumor in a pediatric patient. Case report and literature review].
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.
Orea-Estudillo
Daniel
D
Unidad de Oncología, Centro Médico Estatal de Puebla, Puebla, México. oreaestd@hotmail.com.mx
Jaimes-López
Lizbeth
L
Bernal-Cano
Jorge
J
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy; D003557:Phyllodes Tumor / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery