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| ==Medullary breast carcinoma== | | ==Medullary breast carcinoma== |
| *[[AKA]] ''medullary carcinoma of the breast''. | | *[[AKA]] ''medullary carcinoma of the breast''. |
| ===General===
| | {{Main|Medullary breast carcinoma}} |
| *Uncommon breast cancer subtype.
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| *Some pathologists don't believe this exists.
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| Epidemiology:
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| *Thought to have a better prognosis that no special type (NST).
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| *May be associated with a BRCA1 mutation.
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| ===Gross===
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| *Well-circumscribed border.<ref name=pmid21071383>{{Cite journal | last1 = Yoo | first1 = JL. | last2 = Woo | first2 = OH. | last3 = Kim | first3 = YK. | last4 = Cho | first4 = KR. | last5 = Yong | first5 = HS. | last6 = Seo | first6 = BK. | last7 = Kim | first7 = A. | last8 = Kang | first8 = EY. | title = Can MR Imaging contribute in characterizing well-circumscribed breast carcinomas? | journal = Radiographics | volume = 30 | issue = 6 | pages = 1689-702 | month = Oct | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1148/rg.306105511 | PMID = 21071383 }}</ref>
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| Aside - malignant well-circumscribed breast masses - radiologic DDx:<ref name=pmid21071383/>
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| *Medullary breast carcinoma.
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| *[[Mucinous breast carcinoma]].
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| *[[Phyllodes tumour|Malignant phyllodes tumour]].
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| *[[Invasive papillary carcinoma of the breast]].
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| ===Microscopic===
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| Features:
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| #Lesion has well-circumscribed border.
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| #Syncytial growth pattern = clumps of cells with poorly defined cell borders.
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| #Lymphocytic infiltrate.
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| #High nuclear grade (as per Nottingham grading system).
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| #No tubule formation.
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| ===IHC===
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| Features - typical:<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Matkovic | first1 = B. | last2 = Juretic | first2 = A. | last3 = Separovic | first3 = V. | last4 = Novosel | first4 = I. | last5 = Separovic | first5 = R. | last6 = Gamulin | first6 = M. | last7 = Kruslin | first7 = B. | title = Immunohistochemical analysis of ER, PR, HER-2, CK 5/6, p63 and EGFR antigen expression in medullary breast cancer. | journal = Tumori | volume = 94 | issue = 6 | pages = 838-44 | month = | year = | doi = | PMID = 19267102 }}</ref>
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| *ER -ve.
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| *PR -ve.
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| *HER2 -ve.
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| ==Tubular carcinoma of the breast== | | ==Tubular carcinoma of the breast== |