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Breast myxoma

MedGen UID:
1863590
•Concept ID:
C5937412
•
Neoplastic Process
HPO: HP:6000671

Definition

A rare, benign mesenchymal tumor of the breast characterized histologically by stellate, round, and spindle-shaped cells with vesicular nuclei and scant cytoplasm that are scattered in the myxoid stroma. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVBreast myxoma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Differential Diagnosis of Benign Spindle Cell Lesions.
Magro G
Surg Pathol Clin 2018 Mar;11(1):91-121. Epub 2017 Dec 9 doi: 10.1016/j.path.2017.09.005. PMID: 29413661
Carney complex: diagnosis and management of the complex of spotty skin pigmentation, myxomas, endocrine overactivity, and schwannomas.
Stratakis CA, Kirschner LS, Carney JA
Am J Med Genet 1998 Nov 2;80(2):183-5. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19981102)80:2<183::aid-ajmg19>3.0.co;2-i. PMID: 9805140
Dense bone--too much bone: radiological considerations and differential diagnosis. Part II.
Jacobson HG
Skeletal Radiol 1985;13(2):97-113. doi: 10.1007/BF00352080. PMID: 3883506

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Myxoid fibroadenomas differ from conventional fibroadenomas: a hypothesis-generating study.
Lozada JR, Burke KA, Maguire A, Pareja F, Lim RS, Kim J, Gularte-Merida R, Murray MP, Brogi E, Weigelt B, Reis-Filho JS, Geyer FC
Histopathology 2017 Oct;71(4):626-634. Epub 2017 Jul 5 doi: 10.1111/his.13258. PMID: 28513873Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Clinico-pathological features of breast myxoma: report of a case with histogenetic considerations.
Magro G, Cavanaugh B, Palazzo J
Virchows Arch 2010 May;456(5):581-6. Epub 2010 Mar 23 doi: 10.1007/s00428-010-0902-z. PMID: 20309580
Breast myxoma: Radiologic and histopathologic features.
Balci P, Kabakci N, Topcu I, Canda T, Güray M, Ozfidan S
Breast J 2007 Jan-Feb;13(1):88-90. doi: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2006.00370.x. PMID: 17214801

Clinical prediction guides

Myxoid fibroadenomas differ from conventional fibroadenomas: a hypothesis-generating study.
Lozada JR, Burke KA, Maguire A, Pareja F, Lim RS, Kim J, Gularte-Merida R, Murray MP, Brogi E, Weigelt B, Reis-Filho JS, Geyer FC
Histopathology 2017 Oct;71(4):626-634. Epub 2017 Jul 5 doi: 10.1111/his.13258. PMID: 28513873Free PMC Article

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