Difference between revisions of "Breast cytopathology"

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===Cytology===
===Cytology===
Features:<ref name=Ref_APBR676>{{Ref APBR|676}}</ref>
Features:<ref name=Ref_APBR676>{{Ref APBR|676}}</ref>
*Flat sheet of cells with '''mixed population - key feature''':
*Flat sheets of cells with finger-link projections (called "antler horns") with a mixed cell population:
**Cells with round nuclei (epithelium).
**Cells with round nuclei (epithelium).
**Cells with oval nuclei (myoepithelium).
**Cells with oval nuclei (myoepithelium).
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**Spindle cells.
**Spindle cells.
**Fluffy appearance - relatively paucicellular.
**Fluffy appearance - relatively paucicellular.
*Naked bipolar nuclei.
**Represent myoepithelial cells stripped of their cytoplasm.
***Nuclei typically ovoid, may be spindle-shaped.


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