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mammary borderline epithelial anomalies
Thursday 22 September 2016
Borderline epithelial lesions of the breast; borderline epithelial anomalies of the breast
The concept of borderline epithelial lesions of the breast remains a controversial one, both at the conceptual and practical levels.
The work of Page and collaborators has suggested the existence of a continuum between hyperplasia and carcinoma in situ, and that the risk for the development of invasive carcinoma correlates with the degree of proliferation and atypia.
See also
mammary intraepithelial neoplasia (MIN)
- ductal
- lobular
References
Borderline epithelial lesions of the breast. Rosai J. Am J Surg Pathol. 1991 Mar;15(3):209-21. PMID: 1847606
