Reactive atypia

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Reactive atypia is a term that may be confusing as it contains the word "atypia"; some say it should not be used.[1]

Generally, it is understood as changes due to inflammation or injury without neoplastic change.

A less confusing categorization is:

  1. Reactive (benign).
  2. Dysplastic (pre-malignant).
  3. Indefinite for dysplasia ("I don't know").

Reactive atypia may confuse people between #1 and #2.

Reactive atypia is used by Sternberg.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ GHH. 17 November 2010.
  2. ↑ Mills, Stacey E; Carter, Darryl; Greenson, Joel K; Oberman, Harold A; Reuter, Victor E (2004). Sternberg's Diagnostic Surgical Pathology (4th ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 2055. ISBN 978-0781740517.
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