Palliative Surgery for Metastatic Fungating Phyllodes Tumors: A Series of Two Cases.

Introduction: Local treatment of metastatic cystosarcoma phyllodes is classically viewed with skepticism because it does not provide survival benefit. When these advanced tumors ulcerate, they reduce quality of life dramatically because of associated pain, infection, malodor, massive discharge, and bleeding.

Case Presentations: Two patients with metastatic cystosarcoma phyllodes presented to our hospital with recurrent disease featuring foul-smelling, ulcerated chest wall masses that caused physical pain and social exclusion.