Open AccessA review of mucinous lesions of the breast
Author(s) -
Ginter Paula S.,
Tang Xiaoyu,
Shin Sandra J.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the breast journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1524-4741
pISSN - 1075-122X
DOI - 10.1111/tbj.13878
Subject(s) - mucinous carcinoma , medicine , mucin , pathology , context (archaeology) , differential diagnosis , fibroadenoma , carcinoma , mucocele , breast cancer , adenocarcinoma , cancer , paleontology , biology
Abstract Mucinous lesions of the breast include a variety of benign and malignant epithelial processes that display intracytoplasmic or extracellular mucin, including mucocele‐like lesions, mucinous carcinoma, solid papillary carcinoma, and other rare subtypes of mucin‐producing carcinoma. The finding of free‐floating or stromal mucin accumulations is a diagnostic challenge of which the significance depends on the clinical, radiologic, and pathologic context. This article emphasizes the differential diagnosis between benign and malignant mucin‐producing lesions, with a brief consideration of potential mimics, such as biphasic and mesenchymal lesions with associated with mucinous, myxoid, or matrix material.