00:01 Fibroadenoma in greater detail. 00:03 Most common benign tumor of the breast. 00:05 It’s an actual tumor. 00:06 Composed of fibrous and glandular tissue. 00:08 Fibroadenoma. 00:10 Most common tumor in less than 30. 00:12 It’s a firm, rubbery mass and maybe mobile. 00:15 It’s benign. 00:17 The chance of it going on to cancer, very, very slim. 00:20 This is an actual tumor. 00:24 Fibroadenoma, benign tumor. 00:25 Spherical nodule that is sharply circumscribed. 00:28 This is absolutely benign. 00:30 Freely mobile. 00:31 Where does it occur? Upper outer quadrant. Why? Well, this is the area that would have the most amount of what’s known as your fibrous tissue. 00:39 And so therefore, it would be the quadrant that is going to have a a graphic upcoming that will show you where majority of your tumors of the breast will be located. 00:49 And it will be the outer upper quadrant. 00:53 Grayish white appearance is the actual tumor, On mammography, you’d find that you would find a tumor and it’s white and it’s large. 01:02 And it’s histologic picture will be that which is fibrosis. 01:07 You wouldn’t find increased number of cysts. 01:09 This is a pure tumor of fibrous nature.
The lecture Fibroadenoma by Carlo Raj, MD is from the course Reproductive Pathology: Breast Disease with Carlo Raj.
Which of the following components would you be likely to find on histology of a fibroadenoma?
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