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Latest revision as of 20:13, 10 January 2014
Contents
Clinical History
80 year old female. Right breast mass FNA.
Cytology
Resident Questions
Surgical Pathology
Cytologic Features
- Disorganized clusters
- Small, crowded groups
- Loss of cohesion
- Nuclear atypia
- Nuclei > 2 x size of RBC
- Conspicuous nucleoli
- Intracytoplasmic lumens
- Absence of myoepithelial cells within groups
- Absence of bipolar nuclei in the background
