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1Prof. Dr. Altaf Hussain Rathore, FRCS. Retired Professor of Surgery, Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Abstract:
A 25 years old unmarried woman was operated for a huge fungating tumor of right breast, proved to be a benign phyllodes tumor by preoperative and post-operative biopsy by two different renowned histopathology laboratories. Simple mastectomy with excision of wide margin of skin and pectoral major was done. She is followed up for 10 months; she has a good scar and no sign of any secondary so far.
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