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==Lactational changes== | ==Lactational changes== | ||
*[[AKA]] secretory change. | |||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*May be present focally in non-pregnant females. | *May be present focally in non-pregnant females. | ||
ASIDE: | |||
*Some believe one ought ''lactational change'' and ''secretory change'' aren't the same... | |||
**Lactationl change = only in lactation. | |||
**Secretory change = other times. | |||
*This hair splitting is clinically irrelevant-- both are benign. Also, experts use the terms interchangeably.<ref name=pmid2879437>{{Cite journal | last1 = Tavassoli | first1 = FA. | last2 = Yeh | first2 = IT. | title = Lactational and clear cell changes of the breast in nonlactating, nonpregnant women. | journal = Am J Clin Pathol | volume = 87 | issue = 1 | pages = 23-9 | month = Jan | year = 1987 | doi = | PMID = 2879437 }} | |||
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===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== |
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