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==Apocrine metaplasia==
==Apocrine metaplasia==
===Cytology===
Features:
*Nucleoli.
*Granular cytoplasm.


Image:
Image:
*[http://www.womenshealthsection.com/content/art_images/20-47b.jpg Apocrine metaplasia (womenshealthsection.com)].<ref name=whs>URL: [http://www.womenshealthsection.com/content/print.php3?title=gynpc004&cat=60&lng=english http://www.womenshealthsection.com/content/print.php3?title=gynpc004&cat=60&lng=english]. Accessed on: 31 March 2012.</ref>
*[http://www.womenshealthsection.com/content/art_images/20-47b.jpg Apocrine metaplasia (womenshealthsection.com)].<ref name=whs>URL: [http://www.womenshealthsection.com/content/print.php3?title=gynpc004&cat=60&lng=english http://www.womenshealthsection.com/content/print.php3?title=gynpc004&cat=60&lng=english]. Accessed on: 31 March 2012.</ref>
==Lactational changes==
{{Main|Lactational changes}}
===General===
*May mimic ''ductal carcinoma''.
===Cytology===
Features:
*Nucleoli.
*Cytoplasmic vacuolization.
*Myoepithelial cells (bipolar cells) - '''important'''.
Notes:
*May for 3-D structures.
DDx:
*Ductal carcinoma.


=See also=
=See also=
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