Are epithelial cells in fat or connective tissue a reliable indicator of tumor invasion in fine-needle aspiration of the breast?

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Fine-needle aspiration cytology of the breast in a case with abundant acellular calcific material indicative of soft-tissue calcinosis

✍ Raj K. Gupta; Sarla Naran; Sharda Lallu; Robert Fauck; David Gaskell 📂 Article 📅 2000 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 88 KB 👁 2 views

Since calcific deposits in soft tissue may clinically resemble a tumor, it is feasible to investigate them by fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology. In this presentation we describe a case in the breast with extensive accumulation of acellular liquid calcific material which was sampled by the noninv