Surgical treatment of phyllodes tumour of the breast in Siriraj Hospital.

ABSTRACT

The authors studied retrospectively the surgical treatment of phyllodes tumour of the breast patients between 1989-1994 in the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University. 24 patients were found. Their ages ranged from 18-60 years (mean 40 years). 17 patients were single and 7 patients were married. The pathological diagnoses of the growths were 15 benigns, 6 borderline malignants and 3 malignants. The size clinically were 1.5 to 30 cm (mean 10.7 cm.) and pathologically were 2 to 48 cm. (mean 10.98 cm.). 7 patients (29.17%) suffered recurrence of the growths. The time that the breast masses were detected before coming to the hospital ranged from 1 to 36 months (mean 7 months). The follow-up period ranged from 4 to 71 months (mean 17 months). The latest surgical procedures were 12 excisions, 7 simple mastectomies 2 subcutaneous mastectomies, 2 modified radical mastectomies, and 1 extended radical mastectomy.