Giant juvenile fibroadenoma in a 15-year-old Nigerian female: A case report with review of literature

Abstract

Introduction

Breast mases in female adolescents are rare and consist mainly of developmental lesions and benign tumours.¹ The benign tumours seen are mostly fibroadenoma which is the most common breast tumour seen in adolescent females.² It may present as solitary or multicentric tumour.³ It may also vary in size and is designated as giant juvenile fibroadenoma “GJF” if it is greater than 5cm, 500g or replaces at least 80% of the breast tissue.³ GJF accounts for 1-8% of breast lesions in the adolescent population.^3,4 Overall, giant fibroadenoma accounts for 0.5-2% of all fibroadenomas.⁴ We present a case of GJF in a 15-year-old female who was managed in our clinical setting.