Difference between revisions of "Breast pathology"

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Features:
Features:
*Eosinophilic cytoplasm - '''key feature'''.
*Eosinophilic cytoplasm - '''key feature'''.
*Apocrine snouts.
**Small globules at the apical aspect of the cell (composed of cytoplasm and plasma membrane).


Note:  
Note:  
*Apocrine changes, i.e. cytoplasmic eosinophilia, can appear in malignant tumours; eosinophilia doesn't make something benign.
*Apocrine changes, i.e. cytoplasmic eosinophilia, can appear in malignant tumours; eosinophilia doesn't make something benign.
*Apocrine snouts may be present. (???)
**Small globules at the apical aspect of the cell (composed of cytoplasm and plasma membrane).


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Image:
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