Female-type fibrocystic disease with papillary hyperplasia in a male breast

J Clin Pathol. 2010 Jan;63(1):88-9. doi: 10.1136/jcp.2009.071043.

Abstract

Fibrocystic disease is a common benign finding in the female breast and often presents as a palpable mass. It is much less commonly found in the male breast. A case is reported of a young man with female-type fibrocystic disease associated with papillary hyperplasia in the right breast.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Breast / pathology*
  • Fibrocystic Breast Disease / pathology*
  • Fibrocystic Breast Disease / surgery
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Hyperplasia / pathology
  • Hyperplasia / surgery
  • Male