Cytomorphology of benign breast disease.
Fine needle aspiration biopsy is a widely used technique for the initial diagnosis of mammary lesions. The majority of patients undergoing fine needle aspiration biopsy of a breast lesion will have a benign disease of the breast. This article provides a review of the cytomorphologic features in a variety of benign breast lesions,and discusses the commonly encountered differential diagnoses on aspiration biopsy. Topics discussed include inflammatory and reactive conditions, treatment-induced changes, pregnancy-related changes, benign proliferative lesions, and benign neoplasms of the breast.
Levine
Pascale Hummel
PH
Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Cangiarella
Joan
J
D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology*; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy