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Features: | Features: | ||
*"Single file" - cell line-up in a row. | *"Single file" - cell line-up in a row. | ||
**Cell should not be cohesive -- lymphoma should briefly come to mind. | **Cell should not be cohesive -- [[lymphoma]] should briefly come to mind. | ||
***primary lymphoma of the breast exists... but it is extremely rare. | ***primary lymphoma of the breast exists... but it is extremely rare. | ||
*NO gland formation. | *NO gland formation. | ||
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Note: | Note: | ||
* | *Commonly have low grade nuclear features. | ||
Images | ====Images==== | ||
<gallery> | |||
Image:Lobular_carcinoma_-_low_mag.jpg | Lobular carcinoma - low mag. (WC/Nephron) | |||
Image:Lobular_carcinoma_-_high_mag.jpg | Lobular carcinoma - high mag. (WC/Nephron) | |||
Image:Lobular_carcinoma_-_high_mag.jpg | Lobular carcinoma - very high mag. (WC/Nephron) | |||
</gallery> | |||
More [[WC]] images: | |||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Breast_invasive_lobular_carcinoma_%281%29.jpg Lobular carcinoma - 1 (WC)]. | *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Breast_invasive_lobular_carcinoma_%281%29.jpg Lobular carcinoma - 1 (WC)]. | ||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Breast_invasive_lobular_carcinoma_%282%29.jpg Lobular carcinoma - 2 (WC)]. | *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Breast_invasive_lobular_carcinoma_%282%29.jpg Lobular carcinoma - 2 (WC)]. | ||
Subclassification | ====Subclassification==== | ||
*Classic lobular carcinoma. | *Classic lobular carcinoma. | ||
**Low nuclear grade - NO significant variation of nucleus size. | **Low nuclear grade - NO significant variation of nucleus size. | ||
*Pleomorphic lobular carcinoma. | *Pleomorphic lobular carcinoma. | ||
**Significant nuclear atypia. | **Significant nuclear atypia. | ||
Note: Some pathologist grade lobular carcinoma like other types and avoid the term "pleomorphic lobular carcinoma."<ref>MUA. Jan 22, 2009.</ref> | |||
Note: | |||
*Some pathologist grade lobular carcinoma like other types and avoid the term "pleomorphic lobular carcinoma."<ref>MUA. Jan 22, 2009.</ref> | |||
==Medullary breast carcinoma== | ==Medullary breast carcinoma== | ||