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Atypical hemangioma of the breast: a diagnostic pitfall in breast fine-needle aspiration.
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Diagnostic cytopathology [Diagn Cytopathol] 2001 Mar; Vol. 24 (3), pp. 215-8. - Publication Year :
- 2001
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Abstract
- We report on the fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology of atypical hemangioma of the breast in a 52-yr-old female. The patient presented with a 2-cm palpable left breast mass. An FNA of the mass was performed following a mammogram, corresponding to the palpable breast mass. The FNA demonstrated the presence of numerous atypical single spindle cells scattered throughout a hemorrhagic background. An unequivocal diagnosis of malignancy was not rendered in this case. However, the degree of cytologic atypia suggested a malignant process, and a recommendation for an excisional biopsy was made. Atypical hemangioma should therefore be included in the differential diagnosis of angiosarcoma and other benign and malignant spindle-cell lesions of the breast encountered on cytologic samples.<br /> (Copyright 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 8755-1039
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Diagnostic cytopathology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 11241908
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0339(200103)24:3<215::aid-dc1044>3.0.co;2-d