Open AccessBreast Tumours Resembling the Tall Cell Variant of Thyroid Papillary Carcinoma: Are They Part of the Papillary Carcinoma Spectrum or a Distinct Entity?
Author(s) -
Michael S. Toss,
Kim Billingham,
Isioma U. Egbuniwe,
Filipa Moreno,
Areeg Abass,
Emad A. Rakha
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
pathobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1423-0291
pISSN - 1015-2008
DOI - 10.1159/000490416
Subject(s) - papillary carcinoma , pathology , medicine , eosinophilic , carcinoma , thyroid carcinoma , thyroid
Papillary tumours of the breast are diagnostically challenging lesions and represent a wide spectrum of diseases from papilloma to invasive papillary carcinoma. A rare subtype of breast papillary tumour resembling the tall cell variant of thyroid papillary carcinoma (BTRTPC) has been described. The nomenclature of this entity, its relationship to other papillary tumours, and its nature, whether in situ or invasive, remain unclear.