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*Benign/not significant. Can be considered to be pretty wallpaper in the house of breast pathology. | *Benign/not significant. Can be considered to be pretty wallpaper in the house of breast pathology. | ||
*Very common in adults. | |||
*''Apocrine lesions'' as a group are usually benign, some pre-neoplastic and some malignant.<ref name=pmid18042688>{{Cite journal | last1 = Wells | first1 = CA. | last2 = El-Ayat | first2 = GA. | title = Non-operative breast pathology: apocrine lesions. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 60 | issue = 12 | pages = 1313-20 | month = Dec | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1136/jcp.2006.040626 | PMID = 18042688 }}</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 18:32, 10 March 2016
Apocrine metaplasia of the breast, also apocrine metaplasia, is a benign change in the breast without increased risk of malignancy.
General
- Benign/not significant. Can be considered to be pretty wallpaper in the house of breast pathology.
- Very common in adults.
- Apocrine lesions as a group are usually benign, some pre-neoplastic and some malignant.[1]
Etiology
- Increased number of mitochondria.
- In other body sites this has different names, e.g. Hurthle cell change (thyroid), oncocytic change (kidney - oncocytoma, thyroid).
Microscopic
Features:
- Eosinophilic cytoplasm - key feature.
- Voluminous pink cytoplasm.
- Apocrine snouts may be present.
- Small protrusiona at the apical aspect of the cell (composed of cytoplasm and plasma membrane).
- Central round nucleus
- Prominent nuclear membrane.
- Prominent, often single nucleolus.
Note:
- Apocrine changes, i.e. cytoplasmic eosinophilia, can appear in malignant tumours; eosinophilia doesn't make something benign.
Images
FCC with apocrine metaplasia (right bottom of image) - high mag. (WC/Nephron).
Breast - Apocrine Change - high power (SKB)
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- Typically not reported.
See also
References
- ↑ Wells, CA.; El-Ayat, GA. (Dec 2007). "Non-operative breast pathology: apocrine lesions.". J Clin Pathol 60 (12): 1313-20. doi:10.1136/jcp.2006.040626. PMID 18042688.