Difference between revisions of "Breast pathology"

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*''Malignant'' includes: DCIS, LCIS, ductal carcinoma (DC) and lobular carcinoma (LC), some 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.
*''Lobular carcinoma'' (a '''pitfall''') may appear to be a stromal problem, i.e. the stroma looks too cellular.
*''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 disease of the breast]]'', which may be seen in the context of malignant breast lesions, is discussed in its own article.
*''Miscellaneous'' includes rare tumours of the breast that do not fit into another category, i.e. metastases, [[lymphoma]]s, [[melanoma]], sarcomas.  Skin-related pathology is dealt within the ''[[dermatologic neoplasms]]'' article. ''[[Paget disease of the breast]]'', which may be seen in the context of malignant breast lesions, is discussed in its own article.


===Cellular lesions===
===Cellular lesions===
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