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*Clear spaces/clefting around (small) nests of tumour - '''diffuse/through-out the tumour''' - '''key feature'''.
*Clear spaces/clefting around (small) nests of tumour - '''diffuse/through-out the tumour''' - '''key feature'''.
**Described as "small clusters of tumour lying within dilated vascular channel-like spaces".<ref name=pmid20444748>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Yamaguchi | first1 = R. | last2 = Tanaka | first2 = M. | last3 = Kondo | first3 = K. | last4 = Yokoyama | first4 = T. | last5 = Kaneko | first5 = Y. | last6 = Yamaguchi | first6 = M. | last7 = Ogata | first7 = Y. | last8 = Nakashima | first8 = O. | last9 = Kage | first9 = M. | title = Characteristic morphology of invasive micropapillary carcinoma of the breast: an immunohistochemical analysis. | journal = Jpn J Clin Oncol | volume = 40 | issue = 8 | pages = 781-7 | month = Aug | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1093/jjco/hyq056 | PMID = 20444748 | URL = http://jjco.oxfordjournals.org/content/40/8/781.long }}</ref>
**Described as "small clusters of tumour lying within dilated vascular channel-like spaces".<ref name=pmid20444748>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Yamaguchi | first1 = R. | last2 = Tanaka | first2 = M. | last3 = Kondo | first3 = K. | last4 = Yokoyama | first4 = T. | last5 = Kaneko | first5 = Y. | last6 = Yamaguchi | first6 = M. | last7 = Ogata | first7 = Y. | last8 = Nakashima | first8 = O. | last9 = Kage | first9 = M. | title = Characteristic morphology of invasive micropapillary carcinoma of the breast: an immunohistochemical analysis. | journal = Jpn J Clin Oncol | volume = 40 | issue = 8 | pages = 781-7 | month = Aug | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1093/jjco/hyq056 | PMID = 20444748 | URL = http://jjco.oxfordjournals.org/content/40/8/781.long }}</ref>
*Small micropapillary tufts of tumour cells.
*Central '''avascular''' stromal core. 
*Tumour clusters or tubuloalveolar structures lie in clear spaces - can appear sponge like. 
*Abundant finely granular cytoplasm. 
*Mucin cytoplasmic but not in the surrounding clear spaces. 
*Nuclear atypia is moderate or severe. 
*Mixed(micropapillary + other) histological pattern common.


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*[[Invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast|Ductal carcinoma]] commonly has clefting... but it isn't diffuse.
*[[Invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast|Ductal carcinoma]] commonly has clefting... but it isn't diffuse.
*Even a minor component of this tumor type should be identified and reported due to the high rate of associated lymphatic invasion and nodal involvement.
*Skin involvement has been reported to be strongly correlated with a poor prognosis for this subtype.
*Micropapillary architectural is retained in node metastases, dermal lymphatic invasion, and recurrences.


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*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/euthman/5300126397/ Invasive micropapillary carcinoma (flickr.com/euthman)].
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/euthman/5300126397/ Invasive micropapillary carcinoma (flickr.com/euthman)].
*[http://www.breast-cancer.ca/images/invasive-micropapillary-breast-carcinoma-cells1.jpg Invasive micropapillary carcinoma - crappy image (breast-cancer.ca)].<ref>URL: [http://www.breast-cancer.ca/type/micropapillary-breast-carcinoma.htm http://www.breast-cancer.ca/type/micropapillary-breast-carcinoma.htm]. Accessed on: 30 May 2012.</ref>
*[http://www.breast-cancer.ca/images/invasive-micropapillary-breast-carcinoma-cells1.jpg Invasive micropapillary carcinoma - poor quality image (breast-cancer.ca)].<ref>URL: [http://www.breast-cancer.ca/type/micropapillary-breast-carcinoma.htm http://www.breast-cancer.ca/type/micropapillary-breast-carcinoma.htm]. Accessed on: 30 May 2012.</ref>


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