Phyllodes Tumours Will Only Get Bigger During Pandemic Restrictions

Sherif Monib; Hany F Habashy

doi:10.7759/cureus.12313

Phyllodes Tumours Will Only Get Bigger During Pandemic Restrictions

Cureus. 2020 Dec 26;12(12):e12313. doi: 10.7759/cureus.12313.

Authors

Sherif Monib¹, Hany F Habashy²

Affiliations

¹ Breast Surgery, West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trsut, St. Albans and Watford General Hospitals, London, GBR.
² Surgical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University, Fayoum, EGY.

Abstract

Phyllodes tumours of the breast are rare fibroepithelial stromal tumours which are morphologically very different from epithelial breast cancer. Its diagnosis and management has always been challenging till the World Health Organization (WHO) divided it into two-three subtypes in 2003, only then it was found that incidence and management and follow-up of these three subtypes need to be completely different to reach the optimum outcome. We are presenting a case of a 47-year-old female who presented relatively late (due to pandemic restrictions) with a large phyllodes tumour requiring mastectomy as well as adjuvant treatment.

Keywords: adjuvant treatment; mastectomy; phyllodes tumour; who classification.

Publication types

Case Reports