1994년 3월부터 1996년 4월까지 영남대학교 의과대학 부속병원에서 절제술을 시행하여 병리조직학적으로 진단받은 엽상육종 6례와 섬유선종 4례의 초음파 소견을 후향적으로 분석한 결과 두 종괴 모두에서 모양이 비교적 둥글며 변연이 정상조직과 잘 구분되며 내부 음향이 저음향으로 균질하게 나타났으나, 엽상육종에서는 종괴 가장자리의 납작한 모양의 낭종이 6례 중 4례 관찰되어 특징적인 소견으로 생각되며 종괴 내 저음영의 격막띠 음향은 거대 섬유선종에서 더 많이 관찰되어 거대 섬유선종을 시사하는 소견으로 생각한다. 하지만 증례가 적어 통계학적 유의성은 알 수 없었으며 이에 관한 더 많은 연구가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.
Phylloides tumor is very similar to giant fibroadenoma in that they have benign appearance in breast radiologic image. Fibroadenoma has no malignant potential, but phylloides tumor is locally recurrent, invasive and may occasionally metastasize. It thus appears that evaluation of the differential point of the two tumor groups by radiologic study is very important. We retrospectively compared sonographic findings of 6 cases of phylloides tumor with those of 4 cases of fibroadenoma, which proved pathologically in Yeungnam University Hospital from 1984 to 1986. The mean age of the patients were 31.8 years old(from 14 to 41 years old) in phylloides tumor and 28.8 years old (from 17 to 40 years old) in giant fibroadenoma, respectively. The viewpoints of this analysis were size, shape and contour of the masses, internal echo pattern, posterior enhancement, and especially the existence of peripheral cyst or septal band echo. We found that diffenentiation of these two tumors by sonography was difficult. But peripheral cyst was found only in phylloides tumor and septal band echo was found largely in giant fibroadenoma. Although the existence of peripheral cyst or septal band echo in the breast mass was not pathognomonic findings, we suggest that the existence of septal band echo is preferential finding to fibroadenoma, and peripheral cyst is preferential finding to phylloides tumor.
