Difficult diagnosis in breast pathology / edited by Juan P. Palazzo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Palazzo, Juan P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Breast--Diseases--Diagnosis.

Breast.

Tumor markers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Demos Medical, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women in the United States. For the pathologist, almost any breast lesion may produce diagnostic difficulty, especially due to frequently small samples (core biopsy specimens) and a variety of mimics and variants seen in specific types of lesions. Additionally, the difficulty of breast lesion diagnosis has risen dramatically in recent years due to the increased emphasis on stratifying patients for appropriate therapy on an individual basis; the wider range of both local and systemic therapeutic options, and the potential for earlier

Contents:

The diagnostic challenges of core needle biopsy interpretation / Cangiarella

Morphologic precursors of mammary carcinoma and their mimics / Edi Brogi, Adriana D. Corben, and Melissa P. Murray

Papillary lesions of the breast / Cansu Karakas, Erika Resetkova, and Aysegul A. Sahin

Flat epithelial atypia / Melinda F. Lerwill

Adenosis : mimickers of carcinoma / Juan Palazzo and Jose Palacios Calvo

Microinvasive carcinoma : diagnosis and pitfalls / Dilip Giri

Carcinomas with good prognosis / Melissa E. Sanders

Mesenchymal lesions of the breast / Melinda E. Sanders, John S.J. Brooks, and Juan P. Palazzo

Lymphomas of the breast / Judith A. Ferry

Immunohistochemistry in breast pathology / Felipe C. Geyer, Magali Lacroix-Triki, and Jorge S. Reis-Filho.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-56917-4

9786613598776

1-935281-30-5

OCLC:

793511319