title: Huge malignant phyllodes breast tumor: a real entity in a new era of early breast cancer.
abstract: Phyllodes tumor is an extremely rare tumor of the breast. It occurs in females in the third and fourth decades. The difficulty in distinguishing between phyllodes tumors and benign fibroadenoma may lead to misdiagnosis. Lymph node involvement is rarely described in phyllodes tumors; for this reason, sentinel node biopsy may be warranted. We present a case of a 33-year-old woman affected by huge tumor of the right breast with ulceration in the skin with a rapid tumor growth and with omolateral axillary metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and General Surgery, Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni, 56, Rozzano, Milan, Italy. alberto.testori@cancercenter.humanitas.it.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Testori
authors.affiliation: Division of Breast Radiology, European Institute of Oncology, Via Ripamonti, 435, Milan, Italy. stefano.meroni@ieo.it.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meroni
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and General Surgery, Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni, 56, Rozzano, Milan, Italy. valentina.errico@cancercenter.humanitas.it.
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Errico
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and General Surgery, Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni, 56, Rozzano, Milan, Italy. roberto.travaglini@humanitas.it.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Travaglini
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and General Surgery, Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni, 56, Rozzano, Milan, Italy. emanuele.voulaz@humanitas.it.
authors.forename: Emanuele
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Voulaz
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and General Surgery, Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni, 56, Rozzano, Milan, Italy. marco.alloisio@cancercenter.humanitas.it.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alloisio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001365:Axilla; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D018226:Fibroadenoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D003557:Phyllodes Tumor / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy