A harmless evil: giant fungating benign breast mass in an adolescent mimicking malignancy - case report

• Main Authors: Heng, Sophia Si Ling, Maya Mazuwin Yahya, Wan Azman Wan Sulaimana, Arman Zaharil Mat Saad
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier BV 2021
• Subjects: RC254-282 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology Including cancer and carcinogens
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29071/4/A%20harmless%20evil%20giant%20fungating%20benign%20breast%20mass%20in%20an%20adolescent%20mimicking%20malignancy%20FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29071/6/A%20harmless%20evil_%20giant%20fungating%20benign%20breast%20mass%20in%20an%20adolescent%20mimicking%20malignancy%20ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29071/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210261220309743; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.10.096
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Introduction: Juvenile giant fibroadenoma is a rare type of fibroadenoma characterized by rapid growth of a breast tumor in an adolescent. Benign in nature, they rarely present as fungating and ulcerating tumors. Benign tumors masquerading as malignancies are surgical conundrums. No co nsensus exist...