Difficult Diagnoses in Breast Pathology [electronic resource].

Front Cover; Index; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Difficult Diagnoses in Breast Pathology; The Diagnostic Challenges of Core Needle Biopsy Interpretation; Atypical Ductal hyperplasia; Papillary lesions; Lobular lesions; Fibroepithelial lesions; Radial scar; Mucinous lesions; Chapter summary; References; Morphologic Precursors of Mammary Carcinoma and Their Mimics; ATYPICAL DUCTAL HYPERPLASIA; DUCTAL CARCINOMA IN SITU; Ductal Carcinoma In Situ With Unusual Morphology; LOBULAR NEOPLASIA; References; Papillary Lesions of the Breast.

Benign Papillary Lesions of the BreastMalignancies Involving Papillary Lesions; Malignant Papillary Lesions of the Breast; Conclusion; Key points; References; Flat Epithelial Atypia; PATHOLOGIC FEATURES; BIOLOGIC SIGNIFICANCE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MANAGEMENT; TERMINOLOGY; CONCLUSION; KEY POINTS; REFERENCES; Adenosis: Mimickers of Carcinoma; SCLEROSING ADENOSIS; MICROGLANDULAR ADENOSIS; ATYPICAL ADENOSIS AND CANCERIZATION OF ADENOSIS; KEY POINTS; REFERENCES; Microinvasive Carcinoma: Diagnosis and Pitfalls; PATHOLOGIC FEATURES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MANAGEMENT; KEY POINTS; References.

Carcinomas With Good PrognosisPURE TUBULAR CARCINOMA; INVASIVE CRIBRIFORM CARCINOMA; PURE INVASIVE LOBULAR CARCINOMA; PURE MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; PURE MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; LOW-GRADE SPINDLE CELL METAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; LOW-GRADE ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; SECRETORY CARCINOMA; REFERENCES; Mesenchymal Lesions of the Breast; Benign nonneoplastic stromal lesions; Benign neoplastic stromal lesions; MASS-FORMING CHRONIC FIBROINFLAMMATORY PROLIFERATIONS IN THE BREAST; Fibroepithelial Lesions of the Breast; Vascular lesions; Key Points; REFERENCES; Lymphomas of the Breast.

PRIMARY LYMPHOMAS OF THE BREASTSECONDARY LYMPHOMAS OF THE BREAST; CONCLUSIONS; Key points; REFERENCES; Immunohistochemistry in Breast Pathology; DIAGNOSTIC MARKERS; MINIMAL DATA SET; MARKERS BEYOND MINIMAL DATA SET; MOLECULAR SUBTYPING; KEY POINTS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES.

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women in the United States. For the pathologist, almost any breast lesion may produce diagnostic difficulty, especially due to frequently small samples (core biopsy specimens) and a variety of mimics and variants seen in specific types of lesions. Additionally, the difficulty of breast lesion diagnosis has risen dramatically in recent years due to the increased emphasis on stratifying patients for appropriate therapy on an individual basis; the wider range of both local and systemic therapeutic options, and the potential for earlier.

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