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====Variants====
====Variants====
Four variants are described:<ref>{{Ref WMSP|262}}</ref>
Four variants are described by the ''Washington Manual'':<ref name=Ref_WMSP262>{{Ref WMSP|262}}</ref>
#Juvenile.
#Juvenile.
#Complex.
#Complex.
#Myxoid.
#Myxoid.
#Cellular.
#Cellular.
Considered a variant of fibroadenoma by many authorities:<ref name=Ref_BP116>{{Ref BP|116}}</ref>
*''[[Tubular adenoma of the breast]]''.


=====Juvenile fibroadenoma=====
=====Juvenile fibroadenoma=====
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*''FACS'': complex '''f'''ibroadenoma, '''a'''pocrine metaplasia, '''c'''alcs''' & '''c'''ysts, ''', '''s'''clerosing adenosis.
*''FACS'': complex '''f'''ibroadenoma, '''a'''pocrine metaplasia, '''c'''alcs''' & '''c'''ysts, ''', '''s'''clerosing adenosis.
*''CAMS'': '''c'''alcs, '''a'''pocrine metaplasia, '''m'''icrocysts, '''s'''clerosing adenosis.
*''CAMS'': '''c'''alcs, '''a'''pocrine metaplasia, '''m'''icrocysts, '''s'''clerosing adenosis.
=====Tubular adenoma of the breast=====
*Considered by many a variant of ''fibroadenoma''.
*IHC features of ''tubular adenoma of the breast'' and ''fibroadenoma'' are similar.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Maiorano | first1 = E. | last2 = Albrizio | first2 = M. | title = Tubular adenoma of the breast: an immunohistochemical study of ten cases. | journal = Pathol Res Pract | volume = 191 | issue = 12 | pages = 1222-30 | month = Dec | year = 1995 | doi =  | PMID = 8927570 }}</ref>
Features:<ref name=Ref_BP116>{{Ref BP|116}}</ref>
*Fibromyxoid stroma (like in a fibroadenoma).
*Small round glands.
Image:
*[http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?case=277&n=1 Tubular adenoma of the breast (webpathology.com)].


==Phyllodes tumour==
==Phyllodes tumour==
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