RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Predominant fatty variant of myofibroblastoma of breast
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 568
OP 569
DO 10.1136/jcp.54.7.568
VO 54
IS 7
A1 J Baxendine-Jones
A1 J M Theaker
A1 L J Baldwin
YR 2001
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/54/7/568.abstract
AB Myofibroblastoma of the breast is an uncommon but well defined benign stromal tumour. This report describes a case in which the predominant histological component was mature adipose tissue and two further cases with a major adipocytic component. Although small foci of adipose tissue are a recognised feature of this tumour, the dominance of the histological pattern by fat has not been described previously, and the recognition of this variant is important to allow confident diagnosis and avoid confusion with other primary adipocytic or stromal lesions, especially in the setting of potential needle core biopsy of such a lesion.