Difference between revisions of "Breast pathology"

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*Benign.
*Benign.
*Almost always an incidental finding.
*Almost always an incidental finding.
*Can mimic [[ADH]], cribriform [[DCIS]], [[adenoid cystic carcinoma]].<ref name=pmid16330938>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Resetkova | first1 = E. | last2 = Albarracin | first2 = C. | last3 = Sneige | first3 = N. | title = Collagenous spherulosis of breast: morphologic study of 59 cases and review of the literature. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 30 | issue = 1 | pages = 20-7 | month = Jan | year = 2006 | doi =  | PMID = 16330938 }}</ref>
*Can mimic [[ADH]], [[cribriform DCIS]], [[adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast|adenoid cystic carcinoma]].<ref name=pmid16330938>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Resetkova | first1 = E. | last2 = Albarracin | first2 = C. | last3 = Sneige | first3 = N. | title = Collagenous spherulosis of breast: morphologic study of 59 cases and review of the literature. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 30 | issue = 1 | pages = 20-7 | month = Jan | year = 2006 | doi =  | PMID = 16330938 }}</ref>
**Epidemiologically, it may be associated with [[LCIS]].<ref name=pmid16330938/>
**Epidemiologically, it may be associated with [[LCIS]].<ref name=pmid16330938/>


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*May be multifocal.
*May be multifocal.
*+/-Calcifications - may prompt biopsy.
*+/-Calcifications - may prompt biopsy.
DDx:
*[[Atypical ductal hyperplasia]].
*[[Cribriform DCIS]].
*[[Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast]].


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