title: Appraisal of imprint cytology in the diagnosis of mucinous carcinoma of the breast: a case report.
abstract: A case of mucinous carcinoma of the breast is reported in a female aged 71 years. On gross examination of the left mastectomy specimen two relatively well-circumscribed masses with a gelatinous cut surface were found. Touch imprint cytology was consistent with a low-grade malignancy and histologic and histochemical examination revealed a mucinous carcinoma. Careful prospective correlation between the cytological appearances of cells in imprints and the subsequent histopathology may lead to a more precise cytodiagnosis of a tumor associated with a comparative good prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Papadopoulos
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tamiolakis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lambropoulou
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alexiadis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Deftereos
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Manavis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Polychronidis
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sivridis
mesh_terms: D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003584:Cytological Techniques; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans