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Tubular Adenoma of the Breast

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Breast Pathology

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Synonyms

Pure adenoma of the breast; True adenoma of the breast

Definition

Tubular adenoma of the breast is a rare benign lesion that is characterized by a nodular proliferation of compact tubular structures lined by epithelial and myoepithelial cells with no nuclear atypia (Foschini et al. 2012). Since its first description in 1968 as “pure adenoma of the breast” (Persaud et al. 1968), only a few cases have been described (O’Hara and Page 1985; Maiorano and Albrizio 1995; Rovera et al. 2006; Düşünceli et al. 2012; Sengupta et al. 2014).

Clinical Features

  • Incidence

    The introduction of mammography-based breast cancer screening programs has increased the detection of breast tubular adenomas. However, given the lack of large population studies focused on this benign condition, its incidence is substantially unknown. The prevalence of breast tubular adenoma is reported to range from 0.1% to 2.8% of all benign breast lesions (Sengupta et al. 2014; Foschini et al. 2012).

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Fusco, N., Corti, C. (2020). Tubular Adenoma of the Breast. In: Sapino, A., Kulka, J. (eds) Breast Pathology. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62539-3_4770

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