A rare case of persistent large cystic breast tumor mimicking as malignant cystic breast cancer

Breast cyst, especially galactocele is usually benign. Needle aspiration or surgical removal are both diagnostic and therapeutic. Mastectomy is not necessary even if the whole breast is affected, but surgeons need to be vigilant. We describe a rare case of persistent and large breast cyst.

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Main Authors: Teh, Mei-Sze, Teoh, Li-Ying, See, Mee-Hoong
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spelling my.um.eprints.404072024-07-15T08:20:24Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/40407/ A rare case of persistent large cystic breast tumor mimicking as malignant cystic breast cancer Teh, Mei-Sze Teoh, Li-Ying See, Mee-Hoong RD Surgery Breast cyst, especially galactocele is usually benign. Needle aspiration or surgical removal are both diagnostic and therapeutic. Mastectomy is not necessary even if the whole breast is affected, but surgeons need to be vigilant. We describe a rare case of persistent and large breast cyst. Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2022-10 Article PeerReviewed Teh, Mei-Sze and Teoh, Li-Ying and See, Mee-Hoong (2022) A rare case of persistent large cystic breast tumor mimicking as malignant cystic breast cancer. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics, 18 (6). pp. 1804-1806. ISSN 1998-4138, DOI https://doi.org/10.4103/jcrt.JCRT_631_20 <https://doi.org/10.4103/jcrt.JCRT_631_20>. https://doi.org/10.4103/jcrt.JCRT_631_20 10.4103/jcrt.JCRT_631_20
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Teh, Mei-Sze
Teoh, Li-Ying
See, Mee-Hoong
A rare case of persistent large cystic breast tumor mimicking as malignant cystic breast cancer
description Breast cyst, especially galactocele is usually benign. Needle aspiration or surgical removal are both diagnostic and therapeutic. Mastectomy is not necessary even if the whole breast is affected, but surgeons need to be vigilant. We describe a rare case of persistent and large breast cyst.
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author Teh, Mei-Sze
Teoh, Li-Ying
See, Mee-Hoong
author_facet Teh, Mei-Sze
Teoh, Li-Ying
See, Mee-Hoong
author_sort Teh, Mei-Sze
title A rare case of persistent large cystic breast tumor mimicking as malignant cystic breast cancer
title_short A rare case of persistent large cystic breast tumor mimicking as malignant cystic breast cancer
title_full A rare case of persistent large cystic breast tumor mimicking as malignant cystic breast cancer
title_fullStr A rare case of persistent large cystic breast tumor mimicking as malignant cystic breast cancer
title_full_unstemmed A rare case of persistent large cystic breast tumor mimicking as malignant cystic breast cancer
title_sort rare case of persistent large cystic breast tumor mimicking as malignant cystic breast cancer
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
publishDate 2022
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/40407/
https://doi.org/10.4103/jcrt.JCRT_631_20
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