benign breast tumours
Last reviewed 01/2018
Classification:
- epithelial:
- intraduct papilloma
- adenoma i.e. an excess of ductules
- mesenchymal:
- lipoma
- fibroma
- mixed:
- fibroadenomas
- Phyllodes tumours
Note fibroadenomas though included here are not true neoplasms. They originate from a whole group of cells and are so common that they are best considered as abberations of normal development rather than neoplastic in origin.