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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

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