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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2017; 38(01): 78-80
DOI: 10.4103/0971-5851.203499
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Synchronous Malignant Phyllodes Tumor with Skin Ulceration and Invasive Carcinoma as Collision Tumor

Rajeshwari K Muthusamy
Department of Pathology, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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Sangita S Mehta
Department of Pathology, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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Abstract

Phyllodes tumor is a rare fibroepithelial biphasic tumor of the breast composed of hypercellular mesenchymal stroma and double-layered epithelial component, arranged in clefts with leaf-like projections. Phyllodes tumor with coincidental presence of invasive carcinoma or in situ ductal carcinoma in the same or distinct breast is a rare occurrence, documented by some reports. Invasive carcinoma can be seen within or outside the phyllodes tumor. Skin ulceration by malignant phyllodes tumor with coexisting invasive carcinoma as collision tumor is extremely rare. Here, we report an extremely rare presentation of malignant phyllodes tumor as a giant fungating mass with distinct invasive carcinoma in the same breast in a 51-year-old female.

Keywords

Breast - fungating mass - invasive carcinoma - phyllodes tumor - skin ulceration - synchronous


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Article published online:
06 July 2021

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