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BREAST CYTOPATHOLOGY

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126 4. Primary Malignant Tumors

Figure 4.44. Metaplastic carcinoma. A hypercellular smear with

numerous dissociated and spindled cells in a myxoid background.

The cytopathologic appearance of this rare tumor can often be

deceptively bland. (Smear, Papanicolaou.)

Figure 4.45. Metaplastic carcinoma. Higher magnification of the

sarcomatoid variant displaying somewhat uniform mesenchymaltype

cells with fusiform nuclei. Note the blunt nuclear edges and the

mitotic figures. (Smear, Papanicolaou.)

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