Micropapillary Carcinoma of the Breast
-Micropapillary breast carcinoma (or invasive micropapillary carcinoma IMPC) is a type of otherwise 'typical' invasive ductal carcinoma which exhibits a unique and characteristic growth pattern. -Invasive micropapillary breast carcinoma is a very aggressive form of breast cancer, with a very high rate of lymph node metastasis.(The rate of lymph node involvement is estimated at between 75% and 100%).-Skin invovlement (skin retraction) is another occassional feature of invasive micropapillary carcinoma of the breast, and is observed in about 20-23% of all cases.Histological aspects of invasive micropapillary carcinoma o...
Source: Oncopathology - October 24, 2012 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: breast breast cancer carcinoma micropapillary poor prognosis Source Type: blogs
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Mimics of Prostate Cancer –Atrophylooks suspicious for adenocarcinoma at first glance.the nuclei are small and hyperchromatic.No prominent nucleoli are seen.Some glands are lined by obviously benign flattened atrophic epithelium.The immunostain for high molecular weight cytokeratin can be helpful in distinguishing between atrophy (fragmented basal cell layer) from atrophic variant of prostatic adenocarcinoma (no basal cell layer). Atypical adenomatous hyperplasiaIt may show the infiltrative architecture of cancer,lacks the cytologic features such as prominent nucleoli.The immunostain for high mol. wt. Cytokeratin wi...
Source: Oncopathology - August 25, 2011 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Mimics of Prostate cancer Source Type: blogs
