Giant Juvenile Fibroadenoma of the Breast in a Preadolescent Girl

Seema Dayal, K M Shukla, Amit Singh
2017 Pediatric Oncall  
Fibroadenomas are benign neoplasms usually seen in between the age of 15 to 25 years. Approximately 0.4% fibroadenomas arise in juvenile age group. Juvenile giant fibroadenoma is a rare benign breast tumor seen in adolescent female. It is characterized by rapid growth of mass measuring more than 5 cm or weight more than 500 grams. We present a 10 years old girl with giant juvenile fibroadenoma of right breast measuring 6.5x5x4cm in size that was surgically excised and diagnosis was made on histopathology.
doi:10.7199/ped.oncall.2017.1 fatcat:ng2esmrrcjfvrmg5rsgpjudavi