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→Sclerosing adenosis
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===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Can be scary... can look like [[ductal carcinoma]]. | *Can be scary... can look like [[ductal carcinoma]]. | ||
*Derived from ''sclerosing''<ref>URL: [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sclerosis http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sclerosis]. Accessed on: 16 March 2011.</ref> (hardening) and ''adenosis'' (glandular enlargement) | *Derived from ''sclerosing''<ref>URL: [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sclerosis http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sclerosis]. Accessed on: 16 March 2011.</ref> (hardening) and ''adenosis'' (glandular enlargement). | ||
**Think ''scaring'' + ''lotsa glands'' and you're pretty close. | **Think ''scaring'' + ''lotsa glands'' and you're pretty close. | ||
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Notes: | Notes: | ||
*The acini should be: | *The acini should be: | ||
**In lobular arrangements, i.e. in groups. | **In lobular arrangements, i.e. in groups (benign appearance at low power). | ||
**Round. | **Round. | ||
**Have two cell layers - | **Have two cell layers like well-behaved breast glands do - '''key feature'''. | ||
=Lesions with increased risk of malignancy= | =Lesions with increased risk of malignancy= | ||