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Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast: a case with axillary lymph node metastasis
Author(s) -
WELLS C.A.,
NICOLL S.,
FERGUSON D.J.P.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
histopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.626
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1365-2559
pISSN - 0309-0167
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2559.1986.tb02494.x
Subject(s) - myoepithelial cell , adenoid cystic carcinoma , pathology , metastasis , immunocytochemistry , basal lamina , lymph node , carcinoma , cribriform , medicine , breast carcinoma , lymph node metastasis , immunohistochemistry , breast cancer , ultrastructure , cancer
A breast tumour with proven lymph node metastasis is conclusively characterized as an adenoid cystic carcinoma using immunocytochemistry and electron microscopy. The majority of tumour cells showed certain of the characteristic features of myoepithetial cells while the pseudocystic spaces contained large amounts of reduplicated basal lamina. A small proportion of tumour cells, however, showed epithelial differentiation with the formation of true lumina.