Difference between revisions of "Breast pathology"

Breast pathology (view source)

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 Features:<ref>{{Ref BP|159-160}}</ref>
 *Breast glands with ''more than'' four cell layers above the basement membrane - '''key feature'''.
-*Variable cells.
+*Irregular cell spacing; streaming.
+*Slit-like lumina, esp. at the periphery of the duct.
+*No [[DCIS]]-like architecture (not cribriform, not papillary, not micropapillary, not solid).
+*No nuclear atypia - usu. not nucleoli.
-Note:
+Memory device ''CLEAN'':
-*Memory device ''CLEAN'' = '''C'''ell spacing is irregular, '''L'''umina are slit-like, '''E'''xtent is less than 2 mm or 2 ducts, '''A'''rchitecture ''not'' DCIS-like, '''N'''uclear atypia ''not'' present.
+*'''C'''ell spacing is irregular, '''L'''umina are slit-like, '''E'''xtent is less than 2 mm or 2 ducts, '''A'''rchitecture ''not'' DCIS-like, '''N'''uclear atypia ''not'' present.
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