• Medicine · Mar 2020

    Case Reports

    Mammotome-assisted removal with minimal incision of large juvenile fibroadenoma of breast: A case report.

    • Tongling Wang and Lin Zhu.
    • Department of General Surgery, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Yiwu, Zhejiang, China.
    • Medicine (Baltimore). 2020 Mar 1; 99 (10): e19442.

    IntroductionGiant juvenile breast fibroadenoma can cause deformity and should be excised. Cosmesis is an important consideration in young patients.Patient ConcernsThe patient was admitted to our hospital for a mass of 6 × 6 cm in her left breast.DiagnoseA giant juvenile fibroadenoma.InterventionsWith the help of Mammotome, we translated the larger mass to smaller one and removed it via a small circumareolar incision with no residual tumor.OutcomesThere was no recurrence of disease after 2 years.ConclusionMammotome-combined resection is a new approach that can be used to excise giant fibroadenomas with a minimal incision, and provides a favorable contour to the breast.

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