Atlas of Breast Pathology

✍ Scribed by Rosemary R. Millis (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1983
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 131
• Series: Current Histopathology 7
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The aim of this atlas is to illustrate the wide range of histological appearances which can be seen in brea. st biopsies and mastectomy specimens. An attempt has been made to include photomicrographs showing the more usual appearances as well as some of the unusual patterns encountered in most common lesions of the breast. In addition some of the rarer forms of mammary pathology have been illustrated, sometimes extensively, where this was considered important in the differential diagnosis and where photomicrographs of good quality were available. Some of the low power photomicro­ graphs lack detail but have been retained as they illustrate Important microanatomical or architectural patterns. The majority of the photomicrographs are of histological preparations stained with haematoxylin and eosin, buta few special stains have been used to illustrate certain specific features. Only occasional photographs of gross specimens have been included. This is notto belittle the importance of gross appearances: indeed micro­ scopic examination of any tissue should always be complemented by careful naked-eye examination. A few mammographic pictures have also been included to illustrate characteristic patterns. There are no photo­ micrographs of cytological preparations as these were considered outside the scope of this book and excellent atlases of mammary cytology already exist. It is hoped thatthisatlaswill prove useful to surgical pathologists and others interested in the histological appearances of the breast. It is not intended as a comprehensive study of breast diseases, and details of clinical presentation and treatment have only been mentioned briefly.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages 1-10
Introduction....Pages 9-9
Acknowledgements....Pages 10-10
General comments on the Pathological Examination of Breast Tissue and Classification of Mammary Carcinoma....Pages 11-12
The Normal Breast....Pages 13-15
Inflammatory Lesions....Pages 17-20
Duct Ectasia....Pages 21-23
Cystic Disease Complex 1....Pages 25-30
Cystic Disease Complex 2....Pages 31-36
Fibroadenoma, Variants of Fibroadenoma, Benign Cystosarcoma Phyllodes Tumour, Mammary Adenoma and Adenoma of the Nipple....Pages 37-43
Miscellaneous Benign Lesions of the Breast....Pages 45-49
Papillary Lesions of the Breast (Benign and Malignant)....Pages 51-56
In Situ Duct Carcinoma....Pages 57-61
In Situ Lobular Carcinoma....Pages 63-67
Infiltrating Duct Carcinoma....Pages 69-74
Infiltrating Lobular Carcinoma....Pages 75-79
Special Types of Mammary Carcinoma 1....Pages 81-86
Special Types of Mammary Carcinoma 2....Pages 87-93
Special Types of Mammary Carcinoma 3....Pages 95-98
Carcinomas with particular Clinical Manifestations....Pages 99-102
Prognostic Features of Mammary Carcinoma....Pages 103-107
Axillary Lymph Nodes....Pages 109-113
Benign Soft Tissue Tumours and Tumour-like Conditions....Pages 115-118
Sarcomas — Malignant Cystosarcoma Phyllodes Tumour, Pure Sarcoma, Postmastectomy Lymphangiosarcoma, Radiation-induced Sarcoma, Carcinosarcoma....Pages 119-126
Angiosarcoma....Pages 127-129
Lymphoma and Leukaemia....Pages 131-134
Secondary Tumours within the Breast and Metastatic Mammary Carcinoma to Other Sites....Pages 135-140
Back Matter....Pages 141-143

✦ Subjects

Pathology; Gynecology; Oncology