How Breast Cancer is Diagnosed
Figure 1:
Normal post-pubertal female breast histology
Figure 2:
Normal histology, high magnification.
Figure 3:
Benign ductal proliferation,"blunt duct adenosis", low magnification.
Figure 4:
Benign blunt duct adenosis, high magnification
Figure 5:
Proliferative ductal lesion, low magnification.
Figure 6:
Proliferative ductal lesion, high magnification.
Figure 7:
Usual ductal hyperplasia, low magnification.
Figure 8:
Usual ductal hyperplasia, medium magnification.
Figure 9:
Usual ductal hyperplasia, high magnification.
Figure 10:
Small intraductal papilloma, low magnification.
Figure 11:
Small intraductal papilloma, high magnification.
Figure 12:
Large intraductal papilloma, low magnification.
Figure 13:
Intraductal papilloma, high magnification.
Figure 14:
Atypical ductal hyperplasia I.
Figure 15:
Atypical ductal hyperplasia II.
Figure 16:
DCIS I, low magnification.
Figure 17:
DCIS I, high magnification.
Figure 18:
DCIS II, low magnification.
Figure 19:
DCIS II, high magnification.
Figure 20:
DCIS III ("Cribriform type"), low magnification.
Figure 21:
DCIS III ("Cribriform type"), high magnification.
Figure 22:
DCIS IV, low magnification.
Figure 23:
DCIS IV, high magnification.
Figure 24:
DCIS V, ("comedo type), low magnification.
Figure 25:
DCIS V, ("comedo type), high magnification.
Figure 26:
DCIS VI, low magnification.
Figure 27:
DCIS with invasive ductal carcinoma, low magnification.
Figure 28:
DCIS with invasive ductal carcinoma, high magnification.
Figure 29:
Cytology of a benign duct.
Figure 30:
Cytology of atypical ductal hyperplasia.
Figure 31:
Cytology of Ductal carcinoma.
Figure 32:
Cytologic criteria of malignancy I.
Figure 33:
Cytologic criteria of malignancy II.
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Glossary:
Terms of importance.
References:
Literature Cited and Supplementary Text