Fine Needle Biopsy Cytology of Breast Lesions
- 1 September 2005
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Advances in Anatomic Pathology
- Vol. 12 (5), 233-245
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.pap.0000184175.58295.a1
Abstract
Screening mammography and greater community awareness of breast carcinoma have led to an increase in fine needle biopsies of the breast. As a consequence, a wide variety of cytologic patterns have been encountered and studied in benign, proliferative, and malignant breast lesions. We review the main reasons for diagnostic difficulties in breast cytology, the situations in which either a false positive or a false negative diagnosis is possible, as well as conditions whose incorrect typing can lead to inappropriate management.Keywords
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