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→‎Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast: +glycogen-rich clear cell carcinoma
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*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case140.html Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast (upmc.edu)].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case140.html Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast (upmc.edu)].
==Glycogen-rich clear cell carcinoma of the breast==
*Abbreviated ''GRCC''.
===General===
*Very rare.
*Possibly a variant of [[apocrine carcinoma]].<ref name=pmid7611537>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Hayes | first1 = MM. | last2 = Seidman | first2 = JD. | last3 = Ashton | first3 = MA. | title = Glycogen-rich clear cell carcinoma of the breast. A clinicopathologic study of 21 cases. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 19 | issue = 8 | pages = 904-11 | month = Aug | year = 1995 | doi =  | PMID = 7611537 }}
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===Microscopic===
Features:
*Groups of cells with abundant clear cytoplasm - need to comprise 90% of the tumour.<ref name=pmid20551566>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Thondavadi | first1 = SR. | last2 = Krishnamurthy | first2 = J. | last3 = Gubbanna | first3 = VM. | title = A case report of glycogen-rich clear cell carcinoma of breast. | journal = Indian J Pathol Microbiol | volume = 53 | issue = 2 | pages = 374-5 | month =  | year =  | doi = 10.4103/0377-4929.64289 | PMID = 20551566 | URL = http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2010;volume=53;issue=2;spage=374;epage=375;aulast=Thondavadi }}</ref>
**Arranged in cords, trabeculae or clusters.
**Minimal nuclear pleomorphism.
*Hyalinized stroma.
Notes:
*Histologic appearance similar to ''[[hyalinizing clear cell carcinoma]]''.
DDx:
*Signet-ring carcinoma.
*Lipid-rich carcinoma.
*Apocrine carcinoma.
*Secretory carcinoma.
===Stains===
Features:<ref name=pmid20551566/>
*PAS +ve.
*PASD -ve.
Others:<ref name=pmid20551566/>
*Oil red O -ve.
**Lipid-rich carcinoma +ve.
===IHC===
Features:<ref name=pmid20551566/>
*BRST2 -ve.
**Apocrine carcinoma +ve.


=Grading breast cancer=
=Grading breast cancer=
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