Giant fat containing breast masses: report of six cases

Abstract

SUMMARYSix patients with giant fat containing breast masses encountered over a 20 year period are presented including a brief review of the literature. These benign tumours especially the giant varieties are rare but are likely to be increasingly diagnosed because of the widespread use of mammography.

Giant Lipoma of the Breast: A Case Report

“…There is generally no requirement of biopsy. 7,8 They include fibro-adenolipomas, lipomas, galactoceles, and cysts. We report a case of 55-year-old…”

A Giant Breast Lipoma

“…Histopathological examination is necessary to explain the mass's nature and margin status in giant lesions such as our case. [2][3][4] Benign lesions are usually treated with follow-up if it is small and not growing. Lipomas of the breast are usually small, slowly growing, benign neoplasms, which can be treated by simple excision.…”