Difference between revisions of "Breast pathology"

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===General===
===General===
*Benign.
*Benign.
*Disordered growth.
*Disordered growth - see ''[[hamartoma]]''.


See: ''[[hamartoma]]''.
===Gross===
===Gross===
*Well-circumscribed - '''key feature'''.
*Well-circumscribed - '''key feature'''.
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*Disordered arrangement of ductal and lobular structures.
*Disordered arrangement of ductal and lobular structures.
*Normal arrangement of cells with in the ductal structures, i.e. myoepithelium and epithelium present.
*Normal arrangement of cells with in the ductal structures, i.e. myoepithelium and epithelium present.
*Variable features:<ref name=surgpath_stan>URL: [http://surgpathcriteria.stanford.edu/breast/mammhamart/ http://surgpathcriteria.stanford.edu/breast/mammhamart/]. Accessed on: 4 October 2011.</ref>
*#Adipose tissue - predominant.
*#Dense fibrosis tissue - predominant.
*#Cystic glandular dilation.
Notes:
*If adipose tissue predominates; it may be labeled ''adenolipoma''.<ref name=surgpath_stan>URL: [http://surgpathcriteria.stanford.edu/breast/mammhamart/ http://surgpathcriteria.stanford.edu/breast/mammhamart/]. Accessed on: 4 October 2011.</ref>


DDx:
DDx:
*[[Fibroadenoma]].
*[[Fibroadenoma]].
*[[Phyllodes tumour]].
*[[Phyllodes tumour]].
*[[Pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia]].
*[[Fibrocystic changes]].


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