Cytologically Yours: Unknowns: 201312: Case 1

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Clinical History

81 year old female. Right breast FNA, ThinPrep.

Cytology

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Resident Questions


Surgical Pathology

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Cytologic Features

  • Discohesion
  • Pleomorphism
  • Nuclear irregularity
  • Abnormal chromatin pattern
  • Irregular, large nucleoli
  • Absence of myopeithelial cells
  • Intracytoplasmic lumens
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