title: Cytomorphology of benign breast disease.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
authors.forename: Pascale Hummel
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cangiarella
mesh_terms: 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