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==Columnar cell change==
==Columnar cell change==
*Abbreviated ''[[CCC]]''.
{{Main|Columnar cell change of the breast}}
*[[AKA]] ''blunt duct adenosis''.
===General===
*Columnar cell change is associated with (benign) calcification - '''key point'''.
 
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Secretory cells (line gland lumen) have columnar morphology.
*May have "apical snouts".
**Blebs or round balls eosinophilic material appear to be adjacent to the cell at their luminal surface.
**The snouts are attached to the cell-- appear as round ball only in the plane of section.
*Cytoplasm +/-eosinophilia.
*Often purple luminal calcifications
 
DDx:
*Flat epithelial atypia (>2 cell layers).{{Fact}}
**If the columnar cells shows low to intermediate grade atypia the process is termed "flat epithelial atypia"
**If higher grade atyia is present the lesion is termed "flat DCIS" (clinging carcinoma)
 
Image:
*[http://webpathology.com/image.asp?case=652&n=1 Columnar cell change (webpathology.com)].


==Gynecomastoid hyperplasia==
==Gynecomastoid hyperplasia==
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