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===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features (fibroadenoma not otherwise specified): | Features (fibroadenoma not otherwise specified): | ||
*[[ | *Abundant [[myxoid stroma]] - most '''important feature'''. | ||
**Stroma is white/pale on H&E -- normal stroma is pink on H&E. | **Stroma is usu. white/pale on H&E -- normal stroma is pink on H&E. | ||
***May be hyalinized (dark pink) if infarcted. | |||
*Compression of glandular elements -- commonly seen. | *Compression of glandular elements -- commonly seen. | ||
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#There is stuff about ''intracanalicular'' vs. ''pericanalicular''.<ref>URL: [http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970216-9 http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970216-9]. Accessed on: 16 March 2011.</ref> It is irrelevant; there is no prognostic difference between the two. | #There is stuff about ''intracanalicular'' vs. ''pericanalicular''.<ref>URL: [http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970216-9 http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970216-9]. Accessed on: 16 March 2011.</ref> It is irrelevant; there is no prognostic difference between the two. | ||
#Do '''not''' comment on the margin - it is irrelevant. | #Do '''not''' comment on the margin - it is irrelevant. | ||
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*[http://radiographics.rsna.org/content/27/suppl_1/S101/F40.expansion.html Infarcted fibroadenoma (rsna.org)].<ref name=pmid18180221>{{Cite journal | last1 = Sabate | first1 = JM. | last2 = Clotet | first2 = M. | last3 = Torrubia | first3 = S. | last4 = Gomez | first4 = A. | last5 = Guerrero | first5 = R. | last6 = de las Heras | first6 = P. | last7 = Lerma | first7 = E. | title = Radiologic evaluation of breast disorders related to pregnancy and lactation. | journal = Radiographics | volume = 27 Suppl 1 | issue = | pages = S101-24 | month = Oct | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1148/rg.27si075505 | PMID = 18180221 }}</ref> | |||
====Phyllodes tumour vs. fibroadenoma==== | ====Phyllodes tumour vs. fibroadenoma==== | ||