Pleomorphic Adenoma of Breast: A Radiological and Pathological Study of a Common Tumor in an Uncommon Location
Pleomorphic adenoma occurs commonly in the major salivary glands but is uncommonly encountered in the breast. In both of these locations, the tumor is typically grossly circumscribed and has a “mixed” histological appearance, being composed of myoepithelial and epithelial components amid a myxochond...
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| description | Pleomorphic adenoma occurs commonly in the major salivary glands but is uncommonly encountered in the breast. In both of these locations, the tumor is typically grossly circumscribed and has a “mixed” histological appearance, being composed of myoepithelial and epithelial components amid a myxochondroid matrix. Herein, we report a case of pleomorphic adenoma of the breast which was preoperatively thought to represent a fibroadenoma on clinical and radiological grounds. It is the rarity of the tumor in the breast, rather than its histological appearance, that causes diagnostic difficulty. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-07274f38e8094caa80be1a38dcdbcf5c2025-08-20T03:55:24ZengWileyCase Reports in Pathology2090-67812090-679X2015-01-01201510.1155/2015/172750172750Pleomorphic Adenoma of Breast: A Radiological and Pathological Study of a Common Tumor in an Uncommon LocationPaula S. Ginter0Theresa Scognamiglio1Pamela Tauchi-Nishi2Lilian B. Antonio3Syed A. Hoda4Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USADepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USADepartment of Pathology, The Queen’s Medical Center, Honolulu, HI 96813, USADepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USADepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USAPleomorphic adenoma occurs commonly in the major salivary glands but is uncommonly encountered in the breast. In both of these locations, the tumor is typically grossly circumscribed and has a “mixed” histological appearance, being composed of myoepithelial and epithelial components amid a myxochondroid matrix. Herein, we report a case of pleomorphic adenoma of the breast which was preoperatively thought to represent a fibroadenoma on clinical and radiological grounds. It is the rarity of the tumor in the breast, rather than its histological appearance, that causes diagnostic difficulty.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/172750 |
| spellingShingle | Paula S. Ginter Theresa Scognamiglio Pamela Tauchi-Nishi Lilian B. Antonio Syed A. Hoda Pleomorphic Adenoma of Breast: A Radiological and Pathological Study of a Common Tumor in an Uncommon Location Case Reports in Pathology |
| title | Pleomorphic Adenoma of Breast: A Radiological and Pathological Study of a Common Tumor in an Uncommon Location |
| title_full | Pleomorphic Adenoma of Breast: A Radiological and Pathological Study of a Common Tumor in an Uncommon Location |
| title_fullStr | Pleomorphic Adenoma of Breast: A Radiological and Pathological Study of a Common Tumor in an Uncommon Location |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pleomorphic Adenoma of Breast: A Radiological and Pathological Study of a Common Tumor in an Uncommon Location |
| title_short | Pleomorphic Adenoma of Breast: A Radiological and Pathological Study of a Common Tumor in an Uncommon Location |
| title_sort | pleomorphic adenoma of breast a radiological and pathological study of a common tumor in an uncommon location |
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