BREAST CYTOPATHOLOGY
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36 2. Non-neoplastic and Proliferative Lesions
• “Chicken-wire” or arborizing capillaries, often with proliferating
fibroblasts
• Epithelioid histiocytes can be overinterpreted as malignant
epithelial cells; and/or ductal epithelial fragments present
in the smear are overcalled because of the significant reactive
atypia present
• Reactive epithelial atypia associated with fat necrosis has
resulted in false-positive diagnoses of cancer
Pitfalls and Differential Diagnosis
• Ductal carcinoma
Mucocelelike Lesion
Clinical Features
• Rare lesion often quite small, usually a diagnostic
problem on FNA (differentiation from mucinous
carcinoma)
• Often associated with fibrocystic changes and is thought to
originate from ruptured mucinous cyst into breast stromal
tissues
Cytomorphologic Characteristics
(Figures 2.18 and 2.19)
• Smears with scant cellularity
• Small epithelial fragments, monomorphic, lack of
atypia
• Abundant background mucin
• Muciphages, in varying numbers
• Occasional bare myoepithelial nuclei
Pitfalls and Differential Diagnosis
• Colloid carcinoma