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BREAST CYTOPATHOLOGY

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72 3. Benign and Borderline Tumors

Figure 3.20. Intraductal papilloma. Cytologically atypical epithelium

uniformly arranged around a fibrovascular core. Numerous,

loosely cohesive atypical epithelial cells are seen in the background,

admixed with myoepithelial cells. This case was called atypical

and turned out to be a papilloma on follow-up resection. (Smear,

Papanicolaou.)

Figure 3.21. Intraductal papilloma. Higher magnification shows

the extreme degree of cytologic atypia that can be seen in such

lesions. The epithelial cells display enlarged, crowded, and pleomorphic

nuclei that are totally disorganized and show prominent

nucleoli. Rare myoepithelial cell nuclei are also present. (Smear,

Papanicolaou.)

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