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Atypical hemangioma of the breast: A diagnostic pitfall in breast fine‐needle aspiration
Author(s) -
Galindo Lorenzo M.,
Shienbaum Alan J.,
DwyerJoyce Lisa,
Garcia Fernando U.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0339(200103)24:3<215::aid-dc1044>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - medicine , fine needle aspiration , malignancy , atypia , biopsy , differential diagnosis , radiology , angiosarcoma , hemangioma , cytology , mammography , breast cancer , pathology , cancer
We report on the fine‐needle aspiration (FNA) cytology of atypical hemangioma of the breast in a 52‐yr‐old female. The patient presented with a 2‐cm palpable left breast mass. An FNA of the mass was performed following a mammogram, corresponding to the palpable breast mass. The FNA demonstrated the presence of numerous atypical single spindle cells scattered throughout a hemorrhagic background. An unequivocal diagnosis of malignancy was not rendered in this case. However, the degree of cytologic atypia suggested a malignant process, and a recommendation for an excisional biopsy was made. Atypical hemangioma should therefore be included in the differential diagnosis of angiosarcoma and other benign and malignant spindle‐cell lesions of the breast encountered on cytologic samples. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2001;24:215–218. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.