Cystic hypersecretory intraductal carcinoma is an unusual, cystic form of intraductal breast carcinoma affecting middle-aged women. Cytopathologists have rarely encountered this lesion, with only 2 other cases having been previously reported (
Cytologic features of ductal carcinoma in situ in fine-needle aspiration of the breast mirror the histopathologic growth pattern heterogeneity and grading
✍ Scribed by Sauer, Torill ;Lømo, Jon ;Garred, Øystein ;Naess, Oddvar
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 389 KB
- Volume
- 105
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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