Infarction of fibroadenoma of the breast.

Report of the cases Details of 10 patients are summarised in Table I. All were negro females and presented with painful breast lumps. In 2 patients (Cases I and 10) carcinoma was suspected clinically because of skin tethering over the lump and palpable axillary lymph nodes. In the others the clinical diagnosis was fibroadenoma. All were solitary lesions confined to one breast and none had a history of trauma.

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