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{{ Infobox diagnosis
| Name      = {{PAGENAME}}
| Image      = Collagenous_spherulosis_-_very_high_mag.jpg
| Width      =
| Caption    = Collagenous spherulosis. [[H&E stain]].
| Synonyms  = mucinous spherulosis, spherulosis
| Micro      = tubular/cribriform architecture with intratubular eosinophilic material (classical arranged like the spokes of a wheel ("radial spikes"), granules ~ 1-2 micrometers),
no mitotic activity, epithelial & myoepithelial - like benign breast
| Subtypes  =
| LMDDx      = [[atypical ductal hyperplasia]], [[cribriform DCIS]], [[adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast]]
| Stains    =
| IHC        = CD10 +ve, ER +ve, PR +ve, p63 +ve, SMA +ve, CD117 -ve
| EM        =
| Molecular  =
| IF        =
| Gross      =
| Grossing  =
| Site      = [[breast]]
| Assdx      =
| Syndromes  =
| Clinicalhx =
| Signs      =
| Symptoms  = usu. asymptomatic
| Prevalence = uncommon
| Bloodwork  =
| Rads      =
| Endoscopy  =
| Prognosis  = benign
| Other      =
| ClinDDx    =
| Tx        = none required, usu. incidental finding
}}
'''Collagenous spherulosis''' is a benign change of the [[breast]] that can be confused for a malignancy.
'''Collagenous spherulosis''' is a benign change of the [[breast]] that can be confused for a malignancy.


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==General==
==General==
*Benign.
*Benign.
*Almost always an incidental finding.
*Usually an incidental (microscopic) finding.<ref name=pmid12523815>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Jan | first1 = YJ. | last2 = Li | first2 = MC. | last3 = Ho | first3 = WL. | title = Collagenous spherulosis presenting as a mass of the breast. | journal = Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi (Taipei) | volume = 65 | issue = 10 | pages = 494-7 | month = Oct | year = 2002 | doi =  | PMID = 12523815 }}</ref>
*Can mimic [[ADH]], [[cribriform DCIS]], [[adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast|adenoid cystic carcinoma]].<ref name=pmid16330938>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Resetkova | first1 = E. | last2 = Albarracin | first2 = C. | last3 = Sneige | first3 = N. | title = Collagenous spherulosis of breast: morphologic study of 59 cases and review of the literature. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 30 | issue = 1 | pages = 20-7 | month = Jan | year = 2006 | doi =  | PMID = 16330938 }}</ref>
*Can mimic [[ADH]], [[cribriform DCIS]], [[adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast|adenoid cystic carcinoma]].<ref name=pmid16330938>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Resetkova | first1 = E. | last2 = Albarracin | first2 = C. | last3 = Sneige | first3 = N. | title = Collagenous spherulosis of breast: morphologic study of 59 cases and review of the literature. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 30 | issue = 1 | pages = 20-7 | month = Jan | year = 2006 | doi =  | PMID = 16330938 }}</ref>
**Epidemiologically, it may be associated with [[LCIS]].<ref name=pmid16330938/>
**Epidemiologically, it may be associated with [[LCIS]].<ref name=pmid16330938/>
==Gross==
*Usually small, typically 1-3 mm.<ref name=pmid16330938/>
Note:
*May present as a larger mass.<ref name=pmid18476887>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Hill | first1 = P. | last2 = Cawson | first2 = J. | title = Collagenous spherulosis presenting as a mass lesion on imaging. | journal = Breast J | volume = 14 | issue = 3 | pages = 301-3 | month =  | year =  | doi = 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2008.00580.x | PMID = 18476887 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Jan | first1 = YJ. | last2 = Li | first2 = MC. | last3 = Ho | first3 = WL. | title = Collagenous spherulosis presenting as a mass of the breast. | journal = Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi (Taipei) | volume = 65 | issue = 10 | pages = 494-7 | month = Oct | year = 2002 | doi =  | PMID = 12523815 }}</ref>


==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
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www:
www:
*[http://www.hsc.stonybrook.edu/breast-atlas/V-33.htm Collagenous spherulosis (stonybrook.edu)].
*[http://www.hsc.stonybrook.edu/breast-atlas/V-33.htm Collagenous spherulosis (stonybrook.edu)].
==IHC==
Features:<ref name=pmid22658481>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Cabibi | first1 = D. | last2 = Giannone | first2 = AG. | last3 = Belmonte | first3 = B. | last4 = Aragona | first4 = F. | last5 = Aragona | first5 = F. | title = CD10 and HHF35 actin in the differential diagnosis between Collagenous spherulosis and adenoid-cystic carcinoma of the breast. | journal = Pathol Res Pract | volume = 208 | issue = 7 | pages = 405-9 | month = Jul | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1016/j.prp.2012.05.002 | PMID = 22658481 }}</ref>
*CD10 +ve. ‡
*Muscle-specific actin +ve. ‡
*ER +ve. ‡
*PR +ve. ‡
*CD117 -ve. ‡
Others:<ref name=pmid22658481/>
*SMA +ve.
*p63 +ve.
*CK 5/6 +ve.
Note:
* ‡ The opposite pattern is seen in ''adenoid cystic carcinoma''.


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Breast pathology]].
*[[Breast pathology]].
*[[Adenoid cystic carcinoma]].


==References==
==References==