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''' | '''Fibrocystic breast changes''', also '''fibrocystic changes''' (abbreviated '''FCC'''), are common changes in the [[breast pathology|breast]] and considered a normal finding.<ref name=pmid25905225>{{Cite journal | last1 = De Groot | first1 = LJ. | last2 = Beck-Peccoz | first2 = P. | last3 = Chrousos | first3 = G. | last4 = Dungan | first4 = K. | last5 = Grossman | first5 = A. | last6 = Hershman | first6 = JM. | last7 = Koch | first7 = C. | last8 = McLachlan | first8 = R. | last9 = New | first9 = M. | title = Benign Breast Disease in Women | journal = | volume = | issue = | pages = | month = | year = | doi = | PMID = 25905225 }}</ref> | ||
==General== | ==General== | ||
*Really common.<ref name=pmid25905225/> | *Really common - considered a normal finding.<ref name=pmid25905225/> | ||
*Benign. | *Benign. | ||
Latest revision as of 16:35, 14 October 2015
Fibrocystic breast changes, also fibrocystic changes (abbreviated FCC), are common changes in the breast and considered a normal finding.[1]
General
- Really common - considered a normal finding.[1]
- Benign.
Microscopic
Features:
- Dilated glands - key change.
- Glands normal: two cell layers present.
- Often seen together with apocrine metaplasia.
Images
FCC - intermed. mag. (WC/Nephron)
FCC - high mag. (WC/Nephron)
FCC - left of image - and a phyllodes tumour - very low mag. (WC/Nephron)
