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==Phyllodes tumour== | ==Phyllodes tumour== | ||
The name comes from the word "leaf"; with imagination or psychotropic drugs, it may look like one (the epithelial component = the veins of the leaf). | |||
===Clinical=== | ===Clinical=== | ||
*Wide excision -- this differs from fibroadenoma (just local excision) | *Wide excision -- this differs from fibroadenoma (just local excision). | ||
*Approximately 6% are malignant<ref name=pmid12689668>{{cite journal |author=Guerrero MA, Ballard BR, Grau AM |title=Malignant phyllodes tumor of the breast: review of the literature and case report of stromal overgrowth |journal=Surg Oncol |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=27–37 |year=2003 |month=July |pmid=12689668 |doi= |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0960740403000057}}</ref> | *Approximately 6% are malignant.<ref name=pmid12689668>{{cite journal |author=Guerrero MA, Ballard BR, Grau AM |title=Malignant phyllodes tumor of the breast: review of the literature and case report of stromal overgrowth |journal=Surg Oncol |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=27–37 |year=2003 |month=July |pmid=12689668 |doi= |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0960740403000057}}</ref> | ||
===Gross=== | ===Gross=== | ||
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===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features: | |||
*Large slit-like spaces. | *Large slit-like spaces. | ||
*Cellular stroma that may be myxoid. | *Cellular stroma that may be myxoid. | ||