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Medullary breast carcinoma in an 18-year-old female: report on one case diagnosed on fine-needle cytology sample.
Diagnostic cytopathology - 1 May 2014
Galzerano Antonio, Rocco Nicola, Accurso Antonello, Ciancia Giuseppe, Campanile Anna Cipolletta, Caccavello Ferdinando, Fulciniti Franco
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Medullary breast carcinoma (MBC) is a rare epithelial malignancy of the breast accounting for about 1-7% of all breast carcinomas. It is characterized by well-defined borders, a syncytial/solid pattern of growth of high grade atypical cells showing no glandular differentiation and a massive diffuse lympho-plasmacytic peritumoral infiltrate. Despite the high-grade atypias characterizing this neoplasm, MBC has been...
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