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→‎Grading breast cancer: +secretory breast carcinoma
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*BRST2 -ve.
*BRST2 -ve.
**Apocrine carcinoma +ve.
**Apocrine carcinoma +ve.
==Secretory carcinoma of the breast==
*[[AKA]] ''secretory breast carcinoma'', abbreviated ''SBC''.
===General===
*Favourable prognosis.<ref name=pmid22129193>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Vasudev | first1 = P. | last2 = Onuma | first2 = K. | title = Secretory breast carcinoma: unique, triple-negative carcinoma with a favorable prognosis and characteristic molecular expression. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 135 | issue = 12 | pages = 1606-10 | month = Dec | year = 2011 | doi = 10.5858/arpa.2010-0351-RS | PMID = 22129193 }}</ref>
*Children and adults.
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=pmid19011601>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Laé | first1 = M. | last2 = Fréneaux | first2 = P. | last3 = Sastre-Garau | first3 = X. | last4 = Chouchane | first4 = O. | last5 = Sigal-Zafrani | first5 = B. | last6 = Vincent-Salomon | first6 = A. | title = Secretory breast carcinomas with ETV6-NTRK3 fusion gene belong to the basal-like carcinoma spectrum. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 22 | issue = 2 | pages = 291-8 | month = Feb | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.2008.184 | PMID = 19011601 | URL = http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v22/n2/full/modpathol2008184a.html }}</ref>
*Abundant cytoplasm with fine vacuolation - clear/pale or amphophilic.
*Mitoses - uncommon.
*Nucleoli - rare.
DDx:
*[[Lactational change]].<ref name=pmid9684599>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Vesoulis | first1 = Z. | last2 = Kashkari | first2 = S. | title = Fine needle aspiration of secretory breast carcinoma resembling lactational changes. A case report. | journal = Acta Cytol | volume = 42 | issue = 4 | pages = 1032-6 | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 9684599 }}</ref>
Images:
*[http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?n=1&Case=300 Secretory breast carcinoma - low mag. (webpathology.com)].
*[http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?n=2&Case=300 Secretory breast carcinoma - high mag. (webpathology.com)].
*[http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v22/n2/fig_tab/modpathol2008184f1.html#figure-title Secretory breast carcinoma (nature.com)].
===IHC===
Triple negative (ER -ve, PR -ve, HER2 -ve).<ref name=pmid22129193>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Vasudev | first1 = P. | last2 = Onuma | first2 = K. | title = Secretory breast carcinoma: unique, triple-negative carcinoma with a favorable prognosis and characteristic molecular expression. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 135 | issue = 12 | pages = 1606-10 | month = Dec | year = 2011 | doi = 10.5858/arpa.2010-0351-RS | PMID = 22129193 }}</ref>
Others:
*Alpha-lactalbumin +ve.
*S-100 protein +ve.
*Polyclonal CEA +ve.
===Molecular pathology===
Characteristic translocation:<ref name=pmid22129193/>
*t(12;15).
**ETV6-NTRK3.


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