Difference between revisions of "Breast pathology"

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# The breast is more dense and thus radiologically more difficult to interpret, and
# The breast is more dense and thus radiologically more difficult to interpret, and
# The incidence of breast cancer is lower.
# The incidence of breast cancer is lower.
==Specimens==
Breast comes in three main flavours:
#Core needle biopsy (CNB).
#Lumpectomy.
#Radical mastectomy.
Lumpectomies are usually oriented with short and long suture; '''s'''hort is typically '''s'''uperior (aspect) and '''l'''ong is typically '''l'''ateral (aspect).
Breast [[cytopathology]] is dealt with in the ''[[breast cytopathology]]'' article.  It is almost dead, as it is not as sensitive and specific as CNB.


==Normal histology==
==Normal histology==
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