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Title: | Fibroadenoma in the axillary accessory breast |
Authors: | Motsumi, M. Narasimhamurthy, M. Gabolwelwe, M. |
Keywords: | Fibroadenoma in supernumerary breast fibroadenoma in ectopic breast fibroadenoma in accessory breast fibroadenoma in polymastia |
Issue Date: | Sep-2018 |
Publisher: | South African Medical Association, https://www.samedical.org/ |
Citation: | Motsumi, M., Narasimhamurthy, M. & Gabolwelwe, M. (2018) Fibroadenoma in the axillary accessory breast. South African Journal of Surgery, Vol. 56, No. 3, pp. 30-31 |
Abstract: | A 30-year-old female noted a mass in her right axilla for 6 years. The mass was painless, slowly growing, causing discomfort, had cyclical changes in consistency and was of cosmetic concern to the patient. Examination revealed normal breasts and a soft, non-tender, broad based mass in the right axilla. Sonography was non-diagnostic. Diagnostic doubt, cosmetic concern and discomfort to the patient prompted excisional biopsy which revealed a 1 cm fibroadenoma with surrounding breast tissue and a diagnosis of fibroadenoma arising in accessory breast tissue was made. Surgical excision is recommended for symptomatic accessory breast tissue where diagnostic doubt exists and for cosmetic reasons. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10311/2253 |
ISSN: | 2078-5151 (online), 0038-2361 (print) |
Appears in Collections: | Research articles (Dept of Pathology) |
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