Breast ‘rupture’ due to a phyllodes tumour

Figure 1 shows a fungating but no-cancerous breast tumour. Rapid growth of the non-malignant stromal tumour described as a phyllodes tumour involved most of the breast and caused breast ‘rupture’ from pressure necrosis of the overlying skin. Figure 1 The right breast showing a large fleshy tumour protruding from the lower outer quadrant with most of the remaining breast also containing tumour. The surrounding skin although bluish is not oedematous. The 48-year-old woman …