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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
* The feasibility of surgery depends on the age of the patient at the time of diagnosis. Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for fibroadenoma among patients older than 35 years of age. | * The majority of cases of fibroadenoma are self-limited and only require close follow-up. The feasibility of surgery depends on the age of the patient at the time of diagnosis. Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for fibroadenoma among patients older than 35 years of age.<ref name="pmid7793802">{{cite journal| author=Carty NJ, Carter C, Rubin C, Ravichandran D, Royle GT, Taylor I| title=Management of fibroadenoma of the breast. | journal=Ann R Coll Surg Engl | year= 1995 | volume= 77 | issue= 2 | pages= 127-30 | pmid=7793802 | doi= | pmc=PMC2502143 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=7793802 }} </ref> | ||
==Surgery== | ==Surgery== | ||
* The majority of cases of fibroadenoma are self-limited and only require close follow-up.<ref name="pmid7793802">{{cite journal| author=Carty NJ, Carter C, Rubin C, Ravichandran D, Royle GT, Taylor I| title=Management of fibroadenoma of the breast. | journal=Ann R Coll Surg Engl | year= 1995 | volume= 77 | issue= 2 | pages= 127-30 | pmid=7793802 | doi= | pmc=PMC2502143 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=7793802 }} </ref> | |||
* The feasibility of surgery depends on the age of the patient at the time of diagnosis. | * The feasibility of surgery depends on the age of the patient at the time of diagnosis. | ||
* Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for fibroadenoma among patients older than 35 years of age. | * Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for fibroadenoma among patients older than 35 years of age. | ||
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Overview
- The majority of cases of fibroadenoma are self-limited and only require close follow-up. The feasibility of surgery depends on the age of the patient at the time of diagnosis. Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for fibroadenoma among patients older than 35 years of age.[1]
Surgery
- The majority of cases of fibroadenoma are self-limited and only require close follow-up.[1]
- The feasibility of surgery depends on the age of the patient at the time of diagnosis.
- Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for fibroadenoma among patients older than 35 years of age.