[Breast cytopathology bestiary].
Breast cytopathology of tubular and lobular carcinomas may be very difficult. Indeed, the classical morphological signs of malignancy are often scarce or absent; the identification of special patterns of cell clusters may therefore be very useful to reach a diagnosis. Following the review of many cases of cytological smears with histological confirmation, a series of peculiar cytological aspects (often mimicking little animals such as butterfly, eagle, dog, lizard, fish, rabbit...) were identified and found helpful to report here from a diagnostic point of view.
Bretz-Grenier
Marie-Françoise
MF
Cabinet de Pathologie, 68 rue du Faubourg National, 67000 Strasbourg. Bretz-grenier@wanadoo.fr
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D018275:Carcinoma, Lobular / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans