MICROGLANDULAR ADENOSIS OF THE BREAST - A CLINICOPATHOLOGIC STUDY OF 11 CASES WITH ULTRASTRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS
MICROGLANDULAR ADENOSIS OF THE BREAST - A CLINICOPATHOLOGIC STUDY OF 11 CASES WITH ULTRASTRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS
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DOI:
10.1097/00000478-198307080-00002
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
NORRIS, HJ
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作者:
TAVASSOLI, FA;NORRIS, HJ
The clinical and pathologic features of 11 examples of microglandular adenosis of the breast are presented. Microglandular adenosis is a rare, benign lesion that is easily confused with carcinoma. It is characterized by a concentrated proliferation of round glands with open lumens in a densely homogeneous stroma that clearly delineates microglandular adenosis from the adjacent uninvolved breast. The glands are lined by a single layer of cells with distinctly vacuolated or granular cytoplasm. Ultrastructurally, the single layer of epithelial cells lacks cytoplasmic protrusions and is surrounded by a thick multilayered basement membrane. Light microscopic and EM features that help distinguish microglandular adenosis from well-differentiated (tubular) carcinoma and sclerosing adenosis, entities with which it is easily confused, are discussed.