Difference between revisions of "Invasive breast cancer"

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*[[Sclerosing adenosis]].

==Metaplastic carcinoma==

==Metaplastic breast carcinoma==

*[[AKA]] ''metaplastic carcinoma''.

===General===

*May be difficult to ~~diagnosis~~.

*May be difficult to diagnose.

*Prognosis - poor.

===Microscopic===

Features:<ref name=metaplastic>URL: [http://www.breastpathology.info/Case_of_the_month/2007/COTM_0807%20discussion.html http://www.breastpathology.info/Case_of_the_month/2007/COTM_0807%20discussion.html]. Accessed on: 28 November 2010.</ref>

Features - one of the following:<ref name=metaplastic>URL: [http://www.breastpathology.info/Case_of_the_month/2007/COTM_0807%20discussion.html http://www.breastpathology.info/Case_of_the_month/2007/COTM_0807%20discussion.html]. Accessed on: 28 November 2010.</ref><ref name=pmid15868445>{{Cite journal | last1 = Barnes | first1 = PJ. | last2 = Boutilier | first2 = R. | last3 = Chiasson | first3 = D. | last4 = Rayson | first4 = D. | title = Metaplastic breast carcinoma: clinical-pathologic characteristics and HER2/neu expression. | journal = Breast Cancer Res Treat | volume = 91 | issue = 2 | pages = 173-8 | month = May | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1007/s10549-004-7260-y | PMID = 15868445 }}</ref>

*Malignant mesenchymal elements:

#Malignant mesenchymal elements - either:

**Spindle cells

##Spindle cells.

*+/-Adenocarcinoma.

##Osseous, chondroid or rhabdoid differentiation.

*+/-~~Squamous~~ carcinoma.

#Squamous component.

#*Non-skin [[squamous cell carcinoma]] of the breast = metaplastic breast carcinoma.

~~Notes~~:

Images:

*~~If it looks like squamous cell carcinoma... in the breast it is metaplastic carcinoma.~~

*[http://www.breastpathology.info/Case_of_the_month/2007/COTM_0807%20discussion.html Metaplastic carcinoma (breastpathology.info)].<ref name=metaplastic>URL: [http://www.breastpathology.info/Case_of_the_month/2007/COTM_0807%20discussion.html http://www.breastpathology.info/Case_of_the_month/2007/COTM_0807%20discussion.html]. Accessed on: 28 November 2010.</ref>

*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case116/micro.html Metaplastic carcinoma (upmc.edu)].

~~Images:~~ [http://www.breastpathology.info/Case_of_the_month/2007/COTM_0807%20discussion.html Metaplastic carcinoma (breastpathology.info)].<ref name=metaplastic>URL: [http://www.breastpathology.info/Case_of_the_month/2007/COTM_0807%20discussion.html http://www.breastpathology.info/Case_of_the_month/2007/COTM_0807%20discussion.html]. Accessed on: 28 November 2010.</ref>

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 *[[Sclerosing adenosis]].
-==Metaplastic carcinoma==
+==Metaplastic breast carcinoma==
+*[[AKA]] ''metaplastic carcinoma''.
 ===General===
-*May be difficult to diagnosis.
+*May be difficult to diagnose.
 *Prognosis - poor.
 ===Microscopic===
-Features:<ref name=metaplastic>URL: [http://www.breastpathology.info/Case_of_the_month/2007/COTM_0807%20discussion.html http://www.breastpathology.info/Case_of_the_month/2007/COTM_0807%20discussion.html]. Accessed on: 28 November 2010.</ref>
+Features - one of the following:<ref name=metaplastic>URL: [http://www.breastpathology.info/Case_of_the_month/2007/COTM_0807%20discussion.html http://www.breastpathology.info/Case_of_the_month/2007/COTM_0807%20discussion.html]. Accessed on: 28 November 2010.</ref><ref name=pmid15868445>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Barnes | first1 = PJ. | last2 = Boutilier | first2 = R. | last3 = Chiasson | first3 = D. | last4 = Rayson | first4 = D. | title = Metaplastic breast carcinoma: clinical-pathologic characteristics and HER2/neu expression. | journal = Breast Cancer Res Treat | volume = 91 | issue = 2 | pages = 173-8 | month = May | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1007/s10549-004-7260-y | PMID = 15868445 }}</ref>
-*Malignant mesenchymal elements:
+#Malignant mesenchymal elements - either:
-**Spindle cells
+##Spindle cells.
-*+/-Adenocarcinoma.
+##Osseous, chondroid or rhabdoid differentiation.
-*+/-Squamous carcinoma.
+#Squamous component.
+#*Non-skin [[squamous cell carcinoma]] of the breast = metaplastic breast carcinoma.
-Notes:
+Images:
-*If it looks like squamous cell carcinoma... in the breast it is metaplastic carcinoma.
+*[http://www.breastpathology.info/Case_of_the_month/2007/COTM_0807%20discussion.html Metaplastic carcinoma (breastpathology.info)].<ref name=metaplastic>URL: [http://www.breastpathology.info/Case_of_the_month/2007/COTM_0807%20discussion.html http://www.breastpathology.info/Case_of_the_month/2007/COTM_0807%20discussion.html]. Accessed on: 28 November 2010.</ref>
+*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case116/micro.html Metaplastic carcinoma (upmc.edu)].
-Images: [http://www.breastpathology.info/Case_of_the_month/2007/COTM_0807%20discussion.html Metaplastic carcinoma (breastpathology.info)].<ref name=metaplastic>URL: [http://www.breastpathology.info/Case_of_the_month/2007/COTM_0807%20discussion.html http://www.breastpathology.info/Case_of_the_month/2007/COTM_0807%20discussion.html]. Accessed on: 28 November 2010.</ref>
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