Diagnostic Histopathology of the BreastWritten in order to promote the use of histopathology in the study and clinical management of breast disease, this aims to bring consistency to concepts in terminology and to present recognizable patterns in the context of their clinical significance. |
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acini adenoma adjacent Anatomical pathology angiosarcoma apocrine apocrine change appearance Arch Pathol areas associated atypia atypical lobular hyperplasia axillary Azzopardi benign biopsy breast cancer breast carcinoma carci carcinoid carcinoma in situ cellular Clin Pathol clinical comedo comedo carcinoma cribriform cyst cystic cytological cytoplasm DCIS demonstrated differential diagnosis disease ductal carcinoma epithelium fibroadenoma fibrous tissue Fisher E R foci giant cells glandular gynaecomastia Haagensen histo histological histological grade histological pattern Hum Pathol infiltrating carcinoma intraductal carcinoma invasive carcinoma lactation LCIS lesions lobular carcinoma lobular units lobules lumina lymph node male breast malignant mammary carcinoma mastectomy metaplasia metastases micropapillary mucinous mucinous carcinoma necrosis neoplasms nipple noma nuclear nuclei papilloma parenchyma pathologist patients phyllodes tumours pleomorphism present primary prognosis prognostic implications recurrence risk Rosen P P sclerosing adenosis sclerosing lesion seen spaces special type squamous stroma Surg Pathol term tubular women