title: Radiation-induced changes in the breast: a potential diagnostic pitfall on fine-needle aspiration.
abstract: The authors report a case of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of a breast mass in a 36-year-old woman with previous history of lumpectomy and therapeutic radiation for breast carcinoma. The changes seen were interpreted as recurrent carcinoma, while subsequent biopsy showed only radiation changes. Radiation-induced changes in breast tissue are a potential diagnostic pitfall. The characteristic cytopathologic changes and their differential diagnosis are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, East Tennessee State University, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, Johnson City 37614-0002.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Dornfeld
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Shurbaji
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015412:Mastectomy, Segmental; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology