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'''Breast fibrocystic changes''', also '''fibrocystic changes''' (abbreviated '''FCC'''), are common changes in the [[breast pathology|breast]] that are considered a normal finding.<ref name=pmid25905225>{{Cite journal  | last1 = De Groot | first1 = LJ. | last2 = Beck-Peccoz | first2 = P. | last3 = Chrousos | first3 = G. | last4 = Dungan | first4 = K. | last5 = Grossman | first5 = A. | last6 = Hershman | first6 = JM. | last7 = Koch | first7 = C. | last8 = McLachlan | first8 = R. | last9 = New | first9 = M. | title = Benign Breast Disease in Women | journal =  | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 25905225 }}</ref>
'''Breast fibrocystic changes''', also '''fibrocystic changes''' (abbreviated '''FCC'''), are common changes in the [[breast pathology|breast]] and considered a normal finding.<ref name=pmid25905225>{{Cite journal  | last1 = De Groot | first1 = LJ. | last2 = Beck-Peccoz | first2 = P. | last3 = Chrousos | first3 = G. | last4 = Dungan | first4 = K. | last5 = Grossman | first5 = A. | last6 = Hershman | first6 = JM. | last7 = Koch | first7 = C. | last8 = McLachlan | first8 = R. | last9 = New | first9 = M. | title = Benign Breast Disease in Women | journal =  | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 25905225 }}</ref>


==General==
==General==

Revision as of 16:13, 14 October 2015

Breast fibrocystic changes, also fibrocystic changes (abbreviated FCC), are common changes in the breast and considered a normal finding.[1]

General

  • Really common.[1]
  • Benign.

Microscopic

Features:

  • Dilated glands - key change.
    • Glands normal: two cell layers present.
  • Often seen together with apocrine metaplasia.

Images

  • FCC - intermed. mag. (WC/Nephron)

  • FCC - high mag. (WC/Nephron)

  • FCC - left of image - and a phyllodes tumour - very low mag. (WC/Nephron)

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 De Groot, LJ.; Beck-Peccoz, P.; Chrousos, G.; Dungan, K.; Grossman, A.; Hershman, JM.; Koch, C.; McLachlan, R. et al. Benign Breast Disease in Women. PMID 25905225.
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