Case Report

A Case of Postpartum Anogenital Mammary-Like Gland Tumor with Focal Lactational Features: A Nomenclature Issue

Table 1

Diagnostic terminology and histological features used to describe lesions arising from anogenital mammary-like glands.

StudyDiagnostic termDescriptive features

Scurry et al. [5]Mammary-like gland adenomaDiverse histological appearances, combinations of cystic and solid areas, and tubular and papillary growth. Apocrine metaplasia common (57%). Constituent stroma sclerotic or desmoplastic, variable in amount.

Donati et al. [7]Adenoma of anogenital mammary-like glandsAbundant fibrous stroma surrounding lobular arrangements of glands associated with branching ducts.

Ahmed et al. [8]Adenoma of anogenital mammary-like glandsGlands and ducts within a dense fibrotic stroma reminiscent of breast intracanalicular fibroadenoma.

Konstantinova et al. [9]Composite neoplastic lesion of the vulva with mixed features of fibroadenoma and hidradenoma papilliferum combined with pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasiaBranching, elongated glands within a cellular stroma, and anastomosing tubules separated by fibrous tissue and focal papillae.

Nishie et al. [10]Hidradenoma papilliferum with mixed histopathologic features of syringocystadenoma papilliferum and anogenital mammary-like glandsExo- and endophytic papillary tumor with maze-like pattern, abundant fibrous tissue and apocrine epithelium. In the deep dermis were underlying large tubular glands with surrounding fibrous tissue resembling normal mammary glands.

Kazakov et al. [11]Unusual hyperplasia of anogenital mammary-like glandsComplex compact lobular proliferation of small ducts with fibroadenomatous and adenosis like areas.