Paget's disease of the breast biopsy

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Preeti Singh, M.B.B.S.[2]

Overview

A full-thickness biopsy of the nipple and areola is important for establishing the diagnosis of Paget's disease of the breast. Findings on biopsy diagnostic of Paget's disease of the breast include presence of Paget cells, which are arranged in solid groups.

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To view histopathologic characteristic features of Paget's disease of the breast, click here.

References

  1. Gupta RK, Simpson J, Dowle C (August 1996). "The role of cytology in the diagnosis of Paget's disease of the nipple". Pathology. 28 (3): 248–50. PMID 8912355.
  2. Lucarotti ME, Dunn JM, Webb AJ (October 1994). "Scrape cytology in the diagnosis of Paget's disease of the breast". Cytopathology. 5 (5): 301–5. PMID 7529588.
  3. Lopes Filho, Lauro Lourival; Lopes, Ione Maria Ribeiro Soares; Lopes, Lauro Rodolpho Soares; Enokihara, Milvia M. S. S.; Michalany, Alexandre Osores; Matsunaga, Nobuo (2015). "Mammary and extramammary Paget's disease". Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia. 90 (2): 225–231. doi:10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153189. ISSN 1806-4841.
  4. Rosen, Paul (2014). Rosen's breast pathology. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 9781451176537.


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