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'''Paget disease''', also '''Paget's disease''', is a thingy seen in the [[breast]] and elsewhere.
#redirect [[Paget's disease of the breast]]
 
It is subdivided into:
*Mammary Paget disease.
*Extramammary Paget disease.
 
==Mammary Paget disease==
===General===
*Cells in the epithelium, i.e. skin, that look like they don't belong.
*Associated with underlying breast carcinoma.<ref name=emed_pagets>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1101235-diagnosis http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1101235-diagnosis]</ref>
 
Note:
*Extra-mammary Paget's disease is not assoc. with malignancy.
 
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=emed_pagets/>
*Epitheliod morphology (round/ovoid).
*Cells nested or single.
*Clear/pale cytoplasm '''key feature''' - may also be eosinophilic.
*Large nucleoli.
 
Images:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Extramammary_Pagets_disease_low.jpg Paget's disease - low mag. (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Extramammary_Pagets_disease_high.jpg Paget's disease - high mag. (WC)].
 
===DDx===
*Benign Toker cell hyperplasia.
*Malignant melanoma.
*Bowen disease.
 
*Nipple duct adenoma (clinical DDx).
 
===IHC===
Panel:<ref name=emed_pagets/>
*S-100 -ve, HMB-45 -ve (both typically +ve in melanoma).
*CK7 +ve
*CEA +ve (-ve in Bowen's disease, -ve in Toker cells).
 
Additional:
*HER2/neu - usually +ve.
*CK5/6 -ve.<ref>RS. May 2010.</ref>
**Usu. +ve in squamous cell carcinoma.
 
==See also==
*[[Breast]].
*[[Invasive breast cancer]].
 
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
 
[[Category:Breast]]

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