GIANT INTRACANALICULAR FIBROADENOMA OF THE BREAST

A varied and confusing picture is presented by the breast tumor first described by Chelius¹ in 1828 as a "cystic hydatid." Several specimens were described in more detail by Johannes Müller² in 1838 under the name of "cystosarcoma phyllodes." The confusion regarding the character and behavior of this interesting tumor is well brought out in the list of names employed in describing the 121 examples which have been reported to date. These various names are as follows:

Cystic hydatid—Chelius¹ 1828

Cellular hydatid—Cooper³ 1829

Cystosarcoma—Fischer⁴ 1835

Cystosarcoma phyllodes—Brunn 1838 (published by Müller²)

Hydatid tumor of the breast—Warren⁵ 1839

Serocystic tumor—Brodie⁶ 1846

Cystic sarcoma—Erichsen⁷ 1852

Telangiectatic cystosarcoma—Amado⁸ 1872

Proliferous cystosarcoma—Gross⁹ 1874

Intracanalicular papillary fibromyxoma—Bigelow¹⁰ 1876

Intracanalicular sarcoma—Iverson¹¹ 1877

Intracanalicular myxofibroma—Watson¹² 1878

Intracanalicular papillary fibromyxoma—Watson¹² 1878

Sarcoma with lacunar cysts—Raingeard¹³ 1882

Intracanalicular myxoma—Jüngst¹⁴ 1884

Proliferating cystic