phyllode

(redirected from phyllodes)
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia.

phyl·lode

(fil'ōd),

A flattened leaflike petiole; applied to any structure resembling a leaf, especially to a cross-section of a neoplasm with a foliated structure, such as cystosarcoma phyllodes.

[G. phyllōdēs, like leaves, fr. phyllon, leaf, + eidos, resemblance]

Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

phyllode

an unusual type of leaf in which the lamina is absent but the petiole is so flattened as to appear like a normal leaf, and there is still an axillary bud in the leaf node. Phyllodes are found, for example, in the grass vetch, Lathyrus nissolia.

Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

In our series both the benign phyllodes and the giant fibroadenoma showed an adolescent age distribution range of 12-20 years.

Surgery for giant tumours of the breast: a 15 year review

Preoperative open biopsy was taken which revealed benign phyllodes tumor on histopathology.

Huge Fungating benign Phyllodes Tumor of Breast

Significant histologic features differentiating cellular fibroadenoma from phyllodes tumor on core needle biopsy specimens.

FREQUENCY OF FIBROADENOMA IN PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH BREAST LUMP

Cystosarcoma phyllodes of the breast may occur in women of any age group from puberty to menopause.[3] Its early clinical manifestations were painless, with presentation of solitary masses mostly in the left breast and commonly in the upper outer quadrant of the breast.

Pulmonary Metastasis of a Gigantic Cystosarcoma Phyllodes of the Breast

(32) Key histologic features that aid in the differential diagnosis are the characteristic leaflike fronds with stromal expansion and benign epithelial lining of phyllodes tumor (Figure 2, A).

Primary Breast Atypical Lipomatous Tumor: Well-Differentiated Liposarcoma and Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma

(%) Head and neck 11 (15) Intra-abdomen 30 (40) Retroperitoneum 15 (20) Lung 35 (47) Liver 22 (29) Bone 18 (24) Lymph node 16 (21) Others 29 (39) Maximum length Median (cm) 5.3 (0-21.7) >5 cm 40 (53) Pretreatment Operation 49 (65) Radiation 21 (28) Chemotherapy 8 (11) None 18 (24) Histopathology type Leiomyosarcoma 17 (23) Liposarcoma 15 (20) Spindle cell sarcoma, NOS 14 (19) Pleomorphic sarcoma 6 (8) Synovial sarcoma 5 (7) Others * 18 (24) * Others include angiosarcoma, undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma, solitary fibrous tumor, low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma, malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, breast phyllodes tumor, round cell sarcoma with CIC rearrangement, neuroblastoma, malignant extrarenal rhabdoid tumor, and myxofibrosarcoma.

Outcome for Advanced or Metastatic Soft Tissue Sarcoma of Nonextremities Treated with Doxorubicin-Based Chemotherapy: A Retrospective Study from a Single Cancer Institution

Malignant Phyllodes Leaf-like morphology, Positive/Negative: marked stromal CD34 Negative: CKs cellularity and nuclear pleomorphism.

Bilateral Neurofibromas of the Nipple-Areolar Complex: A Case Report and Approach to Diagnosis

(5) The histogenesis of primary osteosarcoma of the breast has not been fully elucidated, though an origin from totipotent mesenchymal cells of the breast stroma or a transformation from a pre-existing fibroadenoma or phyllodes tumor have been suggested.

Primary osteosarcoma of the breast

These rare breast lesions are fibromatosis, idiopathic granulomatous mastitis, tubular adenoma, diabetic mastopathy, invasive micropapillary carcinoma, osteoclastic giant cell breast carcinoma, malignant phyllodes tumor, carcinoma arising in fibroadenoma, metastasis, and metaplastic carcinoma.

Radiologic and histopathologic review of rare benign and malignant breast diseases

The carcinogenetic pathway of primary osteosarcoma is poorly understood, but the leading hypotheses are that they either arise from totipotent mesenchymal cells in the breast stroma or from transformation of preexisting phyllodes tumors or fibroadenomas [3, 4].

Primary Osteosarcoma of the Breast Arising in an Intraductal Papilloma

The differential diagnosis of JHB includes giant fibroadenomas, phyllodes tumour, and malignant tumour such as lymphoma and sarcomas.

Juvenile Breast Hypertrophy: A Successful Breast Reduction of 14.9% Body Weight without Recurrence in a 5-Year Follow-Up

Cattelani, "Nipple sparing mastectomy with immediate silicone implant reconstruction for malignant phyllodes tumor in a 19-year-old girl," European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences, vol.