Myoepithelial cells in needle aspirations of two cases of unusual breast lesions: An aid in differential diagnosis

✍ Scribed by Stephen P. Whitlatch; Thomas W. Panke

• Book ID: 102815713
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1987
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 659 KB
• Volume: 3
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 8755-1039
• DOI: 10.1002/dc.2840030115

✦ Synopsis

The observation of myoepithelial cells borderlng abnormal epithelial cells in fine-needle aspiration smears of two unusual breast lesions helped to prevent misdiagnosis of these lesions as malignant. The presence of myoepithelial cells has been a well-established criterion for histologically benign lesions.

Their presence or absence appears to be equally valuable in fine-needle aspiration smears of breast lesions. Diagn Cytopathol 1987;2:77-81.