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Signs & Symptoms: Neoplasm
Signs & Symptoms: Neoplasm
They are most often found in the breast or ovary; they can sometimes occur in the tissue of the male breast or testes. Three common types of this mass are a phyllodes tumor of the breast, fibroadenoma of the breast, and the Brenner tumor of the ovary.
prognosis
A patients outlook depends on the size, locations, and stages of the respective tumors. Women with fibroadenomas run a slightly higher risk of developing breast cancer later in life. Phyllodes tumors may recur, either in the original location or in surrounding tissue if the woman had a mastectomy. These types of tumors are very rare, so physicians explore possible treatment options with patients on an individual basis. Patients with Brenner tumors usually have an excellent prognosis, even those with a malignant form of the disease. Although rare, this form of cancer is usually highly treatable. - See more at: http://www.knowcancer.com/oncology/fibroepithelial-neoplasms/#sthash.1rIVp3Wr.dpuf
Fibroepithelial neoplasms include a large number of common lesions encountered in both symptomatic and breast screening practice. Nearly all are fibroadenomas and are harmless, but they can present a range of differing histologies. The area of most concern is the separation of fibroadenomas from phyllodes tumours, arguably an arbitrary exercise. What is most important to achieve is the recognition of those lesions in the fibroadenoma phyllodes spectrum with the potential to do harm, either in the form of recurrence or metastases. These are few in number and the key features to identify, with the rare exception of carcinoma arising in these lesions, are those that signify a progression to stromal autonomy. Such features include stromal outgrowth, stromal invasion and both stromal atypia and pleomorphism. These need to be analysed together, not in isolation. Necrosis and heterotypic elements in particular are suggestive of frank malignancy.