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Tubular adenoma of the breast in a 73-year-old Woman

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A 73-year-old woman presenting with a right breast mass is described.

The patient underwent lumpectomy under a diagnosis of breast cancer. However, histopathologically the surgical specimen was tubular adenoma of the breast. This is a rare benign tumor that is difficult to differentiate from breast cancer clinically, especially in elderly patients. We describe two reported cases of tubular adenoma in patients older than 65-years in Japan, as well as the present case.

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Abbreviations

MRI:

Magnetic resonance

FNA:

Fine needle aspiration

ESJs:

epithelial-stromal junctions

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  1. First Department of Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Japan

    Hidefumi Nishimori, Koichi Hirata, Hitoshi Zembutsu, Takahiro Yasoshima, Rika Fukui & Kenji Kobayashi

  2. Departments of Surgery, Sapporo Hospital of Hokkaido Railway Company, Japan

    Hidefumi Nishimori, Hitoshi Zembutsu, Rika Fukui & Kenji Kobayashi

  3. Departments of Pathology, Sapporo Hospital of Hokkaido Railway Company, Japan

    Mayumi Sasaki

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Nishimori, H., Sasaki, M., Hirata, K. et al. Tubular adenoma of the breast in a 73-year-old Woman. Breast Cancer 7, 169–172 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02967452

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