Mucinous lesions of the breast: potpourri of old and new

Mucinous lesions of the breast encompass a range of benign and malignant entities characterized by extracellular mucin production. Increased sampling of mammary calcifications has identified a range of mucocele-like lesions, which are associated with benign proliferative and atypical intraductal epithelial proliferation ranging in architectural complexity from flat epithelial atypia to ductal carcinoma in situ. Mucinous carcinoma is a unique histologic subtype of breast cancer with a good prognosis.
Source: Diagnostic Histopathology - Category: Pathology Authors: Tags: Mini-symposium: Breast Pathology Source Type: research