Difference between revisions of "Breast pathology"

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 *Abbreviated ''SMOLD''.
 ===General===
+*Uncommon.<ref name=pmid22964367>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Lo | first1 = G. | last2 = Dessauvagie | first2 = B. | last3 = Sterrett | first3 = G. | last4 = Bourke | first4 = AG. | title = Squamous metaplasia of lactiferous ducts (SMOLD). | journal = Clin Radiol | volume = 67 | issue = 11 | pages = e42-6 | month = Nov | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1016/j.crad.2012.07.011 | PMID = 22964367 }}</ref>
+*Associated with [[smoking]].<ref name=pmid22964367/>
 *Post-menopausal women.
 *May be associated with subareolar abscess.
+===Gross===
+*+/-Nipple inversion.<ref name=pmid887978/>
 ===Microscopic===
 Features:
-*Replacement of bilayer in lactiferous ducts with squamous epithelium.
+*Squamous epithelium - replaces (bilayered) lactiferous ducts - '''key feature'''.<ref name=pmid887978>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Powell | first1 = BC. | last2 = Maull | first2 = KI. | last3 = Sachatello | first3 = CR. | title = Recurrent subareolar abscess of the breast and squamous metaplasia of the lactiferous ducts: a clinical syndrome. | journal = South Med J | volume = 70 | issue = 8 | pages = 935-7 | month = Aug | year = 1977 | doi =  | PMID = 887978 }}</ref>
 *Xanthomatous reaction.