Difference between revisions of "Breast pathology"

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#Cellular.
#Cellular.


=====Juvenile variant=====
=====Juvenile fibroadenoma=====
*As the name suggests, is typically found in younger patients.
*As the name suggests, is typically found in younger patients.
*Classic history: rapid growth.
*Classic history: rapid growth.
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*Mitoses uncommon.
*Mitoses uncommon.


=====Myxoid=====
=====Myxoid fibroadenoma=====
*May be associated with ''[[Carney's complex]]''.
*May be associated with ''[[Carney's complex]]''.


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*Myxoid stroma.
*Myxoid stroma.


=====Cellular=====
=====Cellular fibroadenoma=====
Features (cellular variant):
Features (cellular variant):
*Cellular.
*Cellular.
*Mitoses.
*Mitoses.


=====Complex=====
=====Complex fibroadenoma=====
*Contain proliferative epithelium which outside and inside a fibroadenoma is associated with an increased risk of malignancy.
*Contain proliferative epithelium which outside and inside a fibroadenoma is associated with an increased risk of malignancy.


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# [[Sclerosing adenosis]].
# [[Sclerosing adenosis]].


Memory device ''FACS'': complex '''f'''ibroadenoma, '''a'''pocrine metaplasia, '''c'''alcs''' & '''c'''ysts, ''', '''s'''clerosing adenosis.
Memory devices:
*''FACS'': complex '''f'''ibroadenoma, '''a'''pocrine metaplasia, '''c'''alcs''' & '''c'''ysts, ''', '''s'''clerosing adenosis.
*''CAMS'': '''c'''alcs, '''a'''pocrine metaplasia, '''m'''icrocysts, '''s'''clerosing adenosis.


==Phyllodes tumour==
==Phyllodes tumour==
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