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Scrape cytology in the diagnosis of Paget's disease of the breast
Author(s) -
LUCAROTTI M. E.,
DUNN J. M.,
WEBB A. J.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1365-2303
pISSN - 0956-5507
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2303.1994.tb00434.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cytology , biopsy , disease , paget disease , false positive paradox , dermatology , general surgery , apocrine , surgery , pathology , machine learning , computer science
Eczema of the nipple is an important symptom presenting to the general surgeon in the out‐patient department. the diagnosis of Paget's disease of the nipple has traditionally been made by incision biopsy necessitating at least a local anaesthetic. We present 14 patients with nipple skin change, in whom the technique of scrape cytology was used to identify patients with Paget's disease. In our series eight cases of Paget's disease were successfully identified by scrape cytology with no false negatives or positives. We suggest that this is a quick, easy, non‐invasive method of screening eczema of the nipple in the out‐patient clinic.