Fibroadenoma With Multiple Epidermal Inclusion Cysts Masquerading as Malignancy: An Underreported Entity With Review of Literature

Abstract

Fibroadenomas in postmenopausal women are quite uncommon, and so are epidermal inclusion cysts in the breast. The coexistence of both is very rare, and very limited literature is available about this occurrence. We report a postmenopausal female patient with complaints of breast lump masquerading as malignancy on triple assessment which upon subsequent histopathological evaluation was confirmed to be fibroadenoma with intervening multiple epidermal inclusion cysts. In addition, the epidermal inclusions cysts were seen within the fibroadenoma without any association with the overlying skin and adnexa, adding to its rarity. So far, this is probably the fourth such case report to be documented in the literature with such coexistence and the first of its kind to be reported in a postmenopausal woman.