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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)].
==Invasive papillary carcinoma of the breast==
*[[AKA]] ''intracystic papillary carcinoma of the breast''.
*[[AKA]] ''encapsulated papillary carcinoma''.
===General===
*Very good prognosis.
*Classical menopausal women.
*~30% present with bloody discharge.<ref name=pmid21057133>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Rodríguez | first1 = MC. | last2 = Secades | first2 = AL. | last3 = Angulo | first3 = JM. | title = Best cases from the AFIP: intracystic papillary carcinoma of the breast. | journal = Radiographics | volume = 30 | issue = 7 | pages = 2021-7 | month = Nov | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1148/rg.307105003 | PMID = 21057133 | URL = http://radiographics.rsnajnls.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=21057133 }}</ref>
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Lesion confined to a duct (intraductal) ''or'' cyst (intracystic).
**May have a thick fibrous capsule = ''encapsulated papillary carcinoma''.<ref name=pmid21057133/>
*Loss of myoepithelial cells - '''key feature'''.
*Neoplastic epithelial cells:
**[[Nuclear atypia]] - including: nucleoli, [[nuclear pleomorphism]].
**Abnormal architecture - including cribriform, solid, micropapillary, papillary.


==Glycogen-rich clear cell carcinoma of the breast==
==Glycogen-rich clear cell carcinoma of the breast==
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