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BREAST CYTOPATHOLOGY

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Figure 2.26. Lactational change. Hypercellular smear composed of

distended breast lobules and abundant mixed inflammatory cells in

the background. These findings may appear worrisome leading to an

erroneous diagnosis of atypia or cancer. (Smear, Papanicolaou.)

Figure 2.27. Lactational change. Hypercellular smear that at higher

magnification reveals partially disrupted lobules with enlarged

hyperchromatic nuclei. Numerous naked lobular cell nuclei are

present in the background in addition to lymphocytes, histiocytes,

and numerous large lipid vacuoles. (Smear, Papanicolaou.)

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