Difference between revisions of "Breast pathology"

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-*Most of the problems in breast pathology are in: the ''Simple epithelium'' category and the ''Cellular lesion'' category.
+*The challenges in breast pathology are in: the ''Simple epithelium'' category and the ''Cellular lesions'' category.
-*''Neoplastic'' includes: ADH, and LDH.
+*''Neoplastic'' includes: ADH and LDH.
-*''Malignant'' includes: DCIS, LCIS, ductal carcinoma (DC) and lobular carcinoma (LC), papillary lesions.
+*''Malignant'' includes: DCIS, LCIS, ductal carcinoma (DC) and lobular carcinoma (LC), some papillary lesions.
 *''Lobular carcinoma'' (a '''pitfall''') may appear to be a stromal problem, i.e. the stroma looks too cellular.
-*Sarcomas and lymphomas are not included here; both of these are very rare in the breast.
+*''Miscellaneous'' includes rare tumours of the breast that do not fit into another category, i.e. metastases, lymphomas, melanoma, sarcomas.  Skin-related pathology is dealt within the ''[[dermatologic neoplasms]]'' article. ''[[Paget's disease]]'', which may be seen in the context of malignancy breast lesions, is discussed in the context of invasive disease.
-*''Miscellaneous'' includes very rare tumours of the breast - metastases, lymphoma, melanoma, sarcomas.
 ===Cellular lesions===