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*Histomorphologic appearance may mimic a desmoplastic reaction of stroma - leading to a misdiagnosis of malignancy.
*Histomorphologic appearance may mimic a desmoplastic reaction of stroma - leading to a misdiagnosis of malignancy.
*"Hyaline <nowiki>[pink stuff on H&E]</nowiki> is the key."<ref>RS. May 2010.</ref>
*"Hyaline <nowiki>[pink stuff on H&E]</nowiki> is the key."<ref>RS. May 2010.</ref>
=Stromal lesions of the breast=
These vary from benign to malignant.  The most common is fibroadenoma.  The sections below cover breast stromal lesions. 
Non-breast stromal lesions are cover in the ''[[soft tissue lesions]]'' article.  [[Angiosarcoma]] (dealt with in the ''[[vascular tumours]]'' article) is the most common breast sarcoma and classically arises after treatment for a breast carcinoma.


==Fibroadenoma==
==Fibroadenoma==
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