Case Report

Malignant Phyllodes Tumor in an Adolescent Female: A Rare Case Report and Review of the Literature

Table 1

Literature review of malignant phyllodes tumors in adolescent females (part 1).

Case numberAge (years)Delay (months)Size (cm)TreatmentEvolutionResultHistologyAuthor

116ShortTumorectomy2 recurrences at 12 months, 18 months, subcutaneous mastectomy+reconstructionGH at 48 monthsNSAdami et al.
2141.57 NSTumorectomyGH at 48 monthsNSAzzopardi
315? NSTumorectomy, radiotherapy2 pregnancies and 2 normal deliveriesGH at 66 monthsNSRissanen and Holsti
417149 rightMastectomyGH at 35 monthsLipomyxosarcomaMollitt et al.
5160.57.5 NSTumorectomy2 recurrences at 5 months, 9 monthsGH at 37 monthsClear outlines with repression, mitoses 51/10 HPF, atypical aspect 3+, stroma fibrolipochondro sarcomaPietruszka and Barnes
617NS2.5-5 rightTumorectomyAdenofibroma at 8 months, tumorectomyGH at 30 monthsNSContarini et al.
712613 NSMastectomyGH at 204 monthsNSBriggs et al. (case 1)
81821.5 NSTumorectomyGH at 60 monthsNSBriggs et al. (case 2)
91436 NSTumorectomyDeath cause? At 24 monthsNSBriggs et al. (case 3)
1013+3.5/2 months5 NSTumorectomyGH at 19 monthsStroma lipofibroma sarcomaGrigioni et al. (case I)
1118+15/2 months15 NSRadical mastectomyRecurrence at 3 months, pulmonary metastasis at 9 monthsDeath at 10 monthsVery aggressiveGrigioni et al. (case 2)
121884 left, nipple dischargeTumorectomy2 recurrences at 2 months, 6 monthsGH at 42 monthsNSNaryshkin and Redfield
1312NS right, no menarcheRadical mastectomyGH at 12 monthsNegative gangliaGibbs et al.
1417NS30 axillary adenopathyRadical mastectomyGH at 96 monthsGanglionic invasionLong et al.
1514410 rightSubcutaneous mastectomy and axillary clearing outMultirecurrences as soon as 1 month, pulmonary and ovarian metastases, radical mastectomy, metastasectomy and exeresis of recurrences, chemotherapy mono then polychemotherapy, cobaltherapy, surgical castrationDeath at 14 monthsInflammatory reactive axillary gangliaHoover et al.
161812 right, orange peelTumorectomy3 recurrences at 4 months, 8 months, 19 months tumorectomy then radical mastectomy with radiotherapy, pulmonary metastases at 19 monthsDeath at 19 monthsAlmost sarcomatous tumourKenda
1714410 suspect left homolateral axiallty adenopathySubcutaneous mastectomy and axillary image radiotherapy, polychemotherapyMetastases at 2 months (liver, bones, and lungs)Death at 2 monthsNecrosis and haemorrhage, normal epithelium, fibrosarcoma, >10 mitoses/10 HPF, periductular stromal hyper development, 8 reactive ganglia, 2 ganglia, purely stromal metastasesOgun et al.
18151 NSPainful mass in left breastSubcutaneous mastectomyDeath at 22 monthsNSTuralba et al.
19154Enlarged tumorectomy, axillary clearing followed by mastectomyGH at 100 monthsConsistent with typical malignant pathologyLevique et al.
201810, rightLumpectomy with wide local excision followed by simple mastectomyRecurrence at 1.5 months following lumpectomy and 2 months following mastectomyDeath months following brain metastasisSpindle cells with slight nuclear variationTiwari et al.
21170.25, rightLumpectomyGH at 2 monthConsistent with typical malignant pathologyMakar et al.

GH: good health; NS: not stated. Table adopted with permissions and additionas from Levêque et al. [14].