[Case reports of operative management of very large, benign phylloid tumors--is a safety margin necessary?].
The phylloid tumor (PT, formerly called cystosarcoma phylloides) is a rare neoplasia of the female breast. Usually the PT is treated with breast-conserving surgery. In spite of progress in early diagnosis, PTs recur frequently--independently of tumor's degree of malignancy. Especially in cases of malignant PT, complete resection with tumor-free margins is seen as the only predictive marker for tumor recurrence or metastases. Benign PT is also often resected with wide tumor-free margins. Because of the tumor's occasionally enormous dimensions, this therapy concept makes breast-conserving surgery almost impossible. A simple enucleation of benign PT is an option to facilitate the preservation of breast tissue and a cosmetically satisfactory breast reconstruction. In the case of particularly large benign PT, enucleation even without wide margins prevents tumor recurrence.
Abdallah
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Abteilung für Senologie, Frauenklinik, Marienhospital Herne, Herne, Germany. senologie@evk-ge.de
Saklaoui
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Stückle
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C
Sommerer
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F
Hatzmann
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Audretsch
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Wesemann
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A
Zink
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M
Skoljarev
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Papadopoulos
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