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'''Paget disease of the breast''', also '''Paget's disease of the breast''', is a thingy seen in the [[breast]]... and elsewhere. | '''Paget disease of the breast''', also '''Paget's disease of the breast''', is a thingy seen in the [[breast]]... and elsewhere - except bone. | ||
There is also a ''[[Paget disease of the bone]]'' - just to make things confusing. This is dealt with in the ''[[bone]]'' article and has nothing (from a pathologic perspective) to do with the Paget disease discussed in this article; these two things just happened to be discovered by the same guy. | There is also a ''[[Paget disease of the bone]]'' - just to make things confusing. This is dealt with in the ''[[bone]]'' article and has nothing (from a pathologic perspective) to do with the Paget disease discussed in this article; these two things just happened to be discovered by the same guy. | ||
Non-bone Paget disease is subdivided into: | |||
#Mammary Paget disease. | |||
#Extramammary Paget disease. | |||
Histologically, i.e. under the [[microscope]], the above are essentially identically; however, the association (and prognosis) are quite different! | |||
==Mammary Paget disease== | ==Mammary Paget disease== | ||