Cystosarcoma Phyllodes Metastatic to the Mandible: Report of a Rare Case and Literature Review
2003 ◽
Vol 82
(5)
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pp. 380-381
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Cystosarcoma phyllodes is a rare breast tumor with variable malignant potential. Metastasis has been reported in a small percentage of cases. We describe the case of a 52-year-old woman who developed a large facial tumor 1 year after she had undergone a mastectomy fora rapidly enlarging breast neoplasm. The facial lesion was found to be a malignant cystosarcoma phyllodes metastatic to the mandible, and the patient died shortly after diagnosis. To our knowledge, this patient represents only the third reported case of a phyllodes tumor metastatic to the mandible.