Carcinoma in a fibroadenoma.

• Main Authors: Sarela A, Madvanur A, Soonawala Z, Shah H, Pandit A, Samsi A
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 1995-01-01
• Series: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
• Subjects: Breast Neoplasms; pathology; Carcinoma in Situ; Carcinoma; Infiltrating Duct; Lobular; Case Report; Female; Fibroadenoma; Human; Mastectomy; Modified Radical; Middle Age; Neoplasms; Multiple Primary
• Online Access: http://www.jpgmonline.com/article.asp?issn=0022-3859;year=1995;volume=41;issue=1;spage=19;epage=20;aulast=Sarela

A carcinoma arising within a fibroadenoma is an unusual occurrence, with only a little over 100 reported cases. The purpose of this report is to increase the awareness of this entity and to discourage the practice of rendering a diagnosis on gross examination of the tumor. We are reporting a case with two distinct primary tumors within the same breast, one of which was arising within the fibroadenoma. Only two such cases have been previously reported.