Breast angiolipoma in young woman: case report
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angiolipoma, breast, womenAbstract
ABSTRACT: This case report describes a benign breast tumor, more specifically, an angiolipoma, in a 17-year-old female patient who presented with a nodule in the left breast, painful to palpation. The nodule is at an atypical breast site and has few records in the literature, which were considered in this description that aims at identifying the main histological, ultrasound, mammographic and immunohistochemical characteristics of breast angiolipoma; besides informing other professionals about the possible angiolipoma diagnosis when considering a benign breast tumor, despite its rare occurrence.
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