[Diagnostic approach to breast papillary lesions]

Ann Pathol. 2003 Dec;23(6):601-10.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Breast papillary lesions are difficult to interpret and include a large variety of benign, atypical and malignant lesions. We report the case of a 41-Year-old woman presenting with an intracystic papillary carcinoma, in order to illustrate our pragmatic diagnostic approach, which includes the use of a decision tree, useful for differentiating the different types of breast papillary lesions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Algorithms
  • Breast Neoplasms / complications
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Breast Neoplasms / genetics
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Papillary / complications
  • Carcinoma, Papillary / diagnosis*
  • Carcinoma, Papillary / diagnostic imaging
  • Carcinoma, Papillary / genetics
  • Carcinoma, Papillary / pathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Fibrocystic Breast Disease / complications*
  • Fibrocystic Breast Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Fibrosis
  • Humans
  • Inflammation
  • Metaplasia
  • Myoepithelioma / diagnosis
  • Myoepithelioma / pathology
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic / pathology
  • Papilloma / classification
  • Papilloma / diagnosis
  • Papilloma / pathology
  • Prognosis
  • Ultrasonography