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A [[sarcoma]], or connective tissue tumor, arising from intralobular stroma of the [[breast]]. It is characterized by the rapid enlargement of an asymmetric firm mobile mass. Histologically, its leaf-like stromal clefts are lined by [[epithelial cell]]s.<noinclude>{{DefMesh}}</noinclude>
A [[sarcoma]], or connective tissue tumor, arising from intralobular stroma of the [[breast]]. It is characterized by the rapid enlargement of an asymmetric firm mobile mass. Histologically, its leaf-like stromal clefts are lined by [[epithelial cell]]s.<noinclude>{{DefMeSH}}</noinclude>

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Phyllodes tumor [r]: A sarcoma, or connective tissue tumor, arising from intralobular stroma of the breast. It is characterized by the rapid enlargement of an asymmetric firm mobile mass. Histologically, its leaf-like stromal clefts are lined by epithelial cells.

This definition is at least in part based on: Anonymous (2024), Phyllodes tumor (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.