Zhang T, Feng L, Lian J, Ren WL. Giant benign phyllodes breast tumour with pulmonary nodule mimicking malignancy: A case report. World J Clin Cases 2020; 8(16): 3591-3600 [PMID: 32913869 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i16.3591]
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Wei-Li Ren, MBBS, Surgical Oncologist, Department of Breast Disease Center, People’s Hospital of Shangyu, No. 517 Baiguan Street, Shangyu District, Shaoxing 312300, Zhejiang Province, China. yar201810@163.com
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World J Clin Cases. Aug 26, 2020; 8(16): 3591-3600 Published online Aug 26, 2020. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i16.3591
Giant benign phyllodes breast tumour with pulmonary nodule mimicking malignancy: A case report
Ting Zhang, Liang Feng, Jie Lian, Wei-Li Ren
Ting Zhang, Liang Feng, Wei-Li Ren, Department of Breast Disease Center, People's Hospital of Shangyu, Shaoxing 312300, Zhejiang Province, China
Jie Lian, Department of Pathology, People's Hospital of Shangyu, Shaoxing 312300, Zhejiang Province, China
Author contributions: Zhang T was the patient’s oncologist, reviewed the literature and contributed to manuscript drafting; Feng L collected the patient’s clinical data; Lian J performed the pathologic analyses and reviewed the histological sections of this case; Ren WL reviewed and revised the manuscript.
Informed consent statement: Informed written consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this report and any accompanying images.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
CARE Checklist (2016) statement: The authors have read the CARE Checklist (2016), and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the CARE Checklist (2016).
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Wei-Li Ren, MBBS, Surgical Oncologist, Department of Breast Disease Center, People’s Hospital of Shangyu, No. 517 Baiguan Street, Shangyu District, Shaoxing 312300, Zhejiang Province, China. yar201810@163.com
Received: April 9, 2020 Peer-review started: April 9, 2020 First decision: April 29, 2020 Revised: May 11, 2020 Accepted: July 16, 2020 Article in press: July 16, 2020 Published online: August 26, 2020 Processing time: 137 Days and 17.2 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Phyllodes tumours (PTs) are fibroepithelial breast tumours. We report the unique case of a female patient who presented with a rapidly expanding breast PT. This case shows that a giant benign PT may reveal malignant features. The clinical manifestations and imaging examinations led us to misdiagnose this mass as a malignant tumour. However, pathological diagnosis of the tumour after complete excision confirmed the tumour to be a benign PT. The lung nodule was found to be adenocarcinoma rather than metastatic tumour. We also summarized and analyzed 12 cases and the results demonstrated that we should not to be fooled by appearances. All conditions should be considered to make an accurate diagnosis, in order that patients are given the appropriate treatment and avoid excessive treatment.
