Abstract

CABRERA NOGUEIRA, Gilberto; MONDUY MATIAS, Roberto; FRIAS VALDES, Orlando  and  CABRERA RODRIGUEZ, Carlos Alberto. Phyllodes Breast Tumor. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2011, vol.15, n.4, pp.22-31. ISSN 1561-3194.

Phyllodes Breast Tumor, is a very rare type of neoplasm having a fibroepithelial origin with aggressive potential, which represents from 0,3% to 1,0% of all breast cancers. Objective: clinical and epidemiological characterization of the diagnosed Phyllodes Breast Tumors. Method: a retrospective, descriptive study of patients suffering from phyllodes breast tumor who attended to "Abel Santamaria Cuadrado" General University Hospital, Pinar del Rio from 1991 to 2009. Results: 2000 patients who suffered from breast tumors in the period of the study, in 82 women (4,1%) which histopathological diagnosis was phyllodes breast tumor, out of them, 6 presented bilateral form, 48 (58,53%), presented the tumor in the right breast, 70 were benign (85,36%), 5 malignant, and 7 in the borderline (8,53%). The 91,46% of patients were younger than 50 years old or in the 50s. The size of tumor was inconsistent, though, from the 5 malignant cases, 3 presented more than 10cm greater. Out of the 5 patients suffering from malignant tumors 4 (80%) underwent simple mastectomy and 1 (20%) by conservative surgery. One patient presented metastasis in the hip, at five years and in the other check-ups the evolution was satisfactory. Conclusion: phyllodes breast tumor is a very rare entity which affects 50 years old women or under this age, surgery is the elective treatment.

Keywords : PHYLLODES TUMOR [classification]; PHYLLODES TUMOR [diagnosis]; BREAST NEOPLASMS [complications].

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