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Giant Fibroadenomas in Young Women

Year 2020, Volume: 73 Issue: 3, 300 - 303, 27.10.2020

Burhan Hakan Kanat

Abstract

Objectives: In this study, we consider a fibroadenoma with a size >5 cm as a giant fibroadenoma (GFA). This definition is not universally accepted but has been used in several studies. We retrospectively presented fibroadenoma cases that were treated in our clinic, together with a review of the current literature.

Materials and Methods: The GFA cases that were surgically treated in our clinic between January 2016 and December 2019 were retrospectively reviewed. The data were collected from patient files, discharge reports, surgical notes, pathology reports, patient follow-up forms, and digital records. Patients whose data were not fully available were excluded from the study. The patients were analyzed in terms of age, duration of symptom, macroscopically size of the mass and location.

Results: Eight patients were analyzed. The mean age of the patients was 31.5±5.8 (23-41) years. The mean time of diagnosis before the operation was 36.75±14.49 (18-60) months. The lesion was in the left breast for five patients (62.5%) and in the right breast for three patients (37.5%). The mean size of fibroadenomas was 52.5±2 (50-56) mm.

Conclusion: There is not a consensus in the ideal treatment protocol of GFAs. A careful physical examination and radiological examination are sufficient for diagnosis, but a biopsy will be beneficial in the context of a GFA. We think that excision should be done in the treatment of GFAs.

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Giant Fibroadenoma Treatment Biopsy

Ethical Statement

Ethics Committee Approval: Ethics committee approval was received from University of Health Sciences, Elazığ Fethi Sekin State Hospital (no: 13281952-702.99, date: 01.09.2020). Informed Consent: Before surgery, patients signed an informed consent form for the surgical procedure and subsequent treatment, and the necessary permission was obtained to use their data in our analyses. Peer-review: Externally peer-reviewed.

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Primary Language English
Subjects General Surgery
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Burhan Hakan Kanat 0000-0003-1168-0833

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Publication Date October 27, 2020
Published in Issue Year 2020 Volume: 73 Issue: 3

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APA Kanat, B. H. (2020). Giant Fibroadenomas in Young Women. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası, 73(3), 300-303. https://doi.org/10.4274/atfm.galenos.2020.52523
AMA Kanat BH. Giant Fibroadenomas in Young Women. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası. October 2020;73(3):300-303. doi:10.4274/atfm.galenos.2020.52523
Chicago Kanat, Burhan Hakan. “Giant Fibroadenomas in Young Women”. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası 73, no. 3 (October 2020): 300-303. https://doi.org/10.4274/atfm.galenos.2020.52523.
EndNote Kanat BH (October 1, 2020) Giant Fibroadenomas in Young Women. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası 73 3 300–303.
IEEE B. H. Kanat, “Giant Fibroadenomas in Young Women”, Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası, vol. 73, no. 3, pp. 300–303, 2020, doi: 10.4274/atfm.galenos.2020.52523.
ISNAD Kanat, Burhan Hakan. “Giant Fibroadenomas in Young Women”. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası 73/3 (October 2020), 300-303. https://doi.org/10.4274/atfm.galenos.2020.52523.
JAMA Kanat BH. Giant Fibroadenomas in Young Women. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası. 2020;73:300–303.
MLA Kanat, Burhan Hakan. “Giant Fibroadenomas in Young Women”. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası, vol. 73, no. 3, 2020, pp. 300-3, doi:10.4274/atfm.galenos.2020.52523.
Vancouver Kanat BH. Giant Fibroadenomas in Young Women. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası. 2020;73(3):300-3.
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