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Latest revision as of 20:06, 10 January 2014
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Clinical History[edit]
54 year old female. Left breast 1cm nodule. FNA.
Cytology[edit]
Resident Questions[edit]
Surgical Pathology[edit]
Cytologic Features[edit]
- Biphasic appearance: Epithelium and mesenchymal/stromal
- Epithelium appears as cohesive monolayer sheets of well-organized epithelium with branching and papillary-like architecture (staghorn) or tubular
- Naked bipolar myoepithelial cells in the background (rice grain appearance)
- Variably cellular stromal fragments
A normal PaCO2 is 35 to 45 mmHg.