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==General== | ==General== | ||
*Benign. | *Benign. | ||
*Usually an incidental (microscopic) finding.<ref name=pmid12523815/> | *Usually an incidental (microscopic) finding.<ref name=pmid12523815>{{Cite journal | last1 = Jan | first1 = YJ. | last2 = Li | first2 = MC. | last3 = Ho | first3 = WL. | title = Collagenous spherulosis presenting as a mass of the breast. | journal = Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi (Taipei) | volume = 65 | issue = 10 | pages = 494-7 | month = Oct | year = 2002 | doi = | PMID = 12523815 }}</ref> | ||
*Can mimic [[ADH]], [[cribriform DCIS]], [[adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast|adenoid cystic carcinoma]].<ref name=pmid16330938>{{Cite journal | last1 = Resetkova | first1 = E. | last2 = Albarracin | first2 = C. | last3 = Sneige | first3 = N. | title = Collagenous spherulosis of breast: morphologic study of 59 cases and review of the literature. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 30 | issue = 1 | pages = 20-7 | month = Jan | year = 2006 | doi = | PMID = 16330938 }}</ref> | *Can mimic [[ADH]], [[cribriform DCIS]], [[adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast|adenoid cystic carcinoma]].<ref name=pmid16330938>{{Cite journal | last1 = Resetkova | first1 = E. | last2 = Albarracin | first2 = C. | last3 = Sneige | first3 = N. | title = Collagenous spherulosis of breast: morphologic study of 59 cases and review of the literature. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 30 | issue = 1 | pages = 20-7 | month = Jan | year = 2006 | doi = | PMID = 16330938 }}</ref> | ||
**Epidemiologically, it may be associated with [[LCIS]].<ref name=pmid16330938/> | **Epidemiologically, it may be associated with [[LCIS]].<ref name=pmid16330938/> |
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