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We report a case of fibromatosis of the breast in which both clinical and mammographic appearances were indicative of carcinoma. The patient was 46 years old Bahraini, obese woman who presented with a hard right breast mass. As fine needle aspiration [FNA] cytology did not reveal any malignant cells, a conservative local excision was performed. Fibromatosis should hence be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with hard breast lumps suspicious of malignancy. The differential diagnosis is discussed with review of the literature
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Humanos , Feminino , Fibroma/patologia , Fibroma/diagnóstico , Fibroma/epidemiologia , Mamografia , Biópsia por Agulha Fina , Biópsia , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Fibroma/cirurgia , Imuno-HistoquímicaRESUMO
We report an unusual presentation of a mass in the cervicofacial region, which appeared one year after a trivial trauma. The progressively increasing painless mass developed multiple sinuses and did not respond to a variety of medical treatment strategies. This also led to progressively increasing trismus. Eventually this was diagnosed to be a mycetoma necessitating surgical excision of the badly scarred overlying skin and soft tissue mass. The final diagnosis was actinomycosis