Breast Pathology Index
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The following images are present:
Benign Conditions
- Normal breast, low power microscopic
- Normal breast acinus, high power microscopic
- Normal breast acinus with myoepithelial cells, immunoperoxidase stain with actin, microscopic
- Fibrocystic changes, gross
- Fibrocystic changes, low power microscopic
- Fibrocystic changes, low power microscopic
- Fibrocystic changes, medium power microscopic
- Fibrocystic changes, with prominent apocrine change, medium power microscopic
- Fibrocystic changes, sclerosing adenosis, medium power microscopic [MAMMOGRAM]
- Fibrocystic changes, epithelial hyperplasia, medium power microscopic
- Fibrocystic changes, florid epithelial hyperplasia, high power microscopic
- Atypical epithelial hyperplasia, high power microscopic [MAMMOGRAM]
- Fibroadenoma, gross
- Fibroadenoma, low power microscopic
- Fibroadenoma, low power microscopic
- Fibroadenoma, medium power microscopic
- Intraductal papilloma, low power microscopic
- Fat necrosis, low power microscopic
- Fat necrosis, medium power microscopic
- Male breast, gynecomastia, gross
- Male breast, gynecomastia, low power microscopic
- Lactational change, medium power microscopic
- Acute mastitis, high power microscopic
- Breast abscess, gross [MAMMOGRAM]
- Silicone implant, gross
- Silicone implant capsule, gross [CT]
- Silicone implant capsule, high power microscopic
- Saline implant, gross
Breast Ductal Carcinomas
- Infiltrating ductal carcinoma, gross [MAMMOGRAM]
- Infiltrating ductal carcinoma, gross [MAMMOGRAM]
- Comparison of carcinoma and fibroadenoma, gross
- Breast carcinoma, fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology
- Intraductal carcinoma, medium power microscopic
- Intraductal carcinoma, medium power microscopic
- Comedocarcinoma, gross
- Comedocarcinoma, medium power microscopic
- Comedocarcinoma, medium power microscopic
- Infiltrating ductal carcinoma, low power microscopic
- Intraductal and infiltrating ductal carcinoma, medium power microscopic
- Infiltrating ductal carcinoma, low power microscopic
- Infiltrating ductal carcinoma with marked desmoplasia, medium power microscopic
- Infiltrating ductal and intraductal carcinoma, medium power
microscopic
- Infiltrating ductal and intraductal carcinoma, high power microscopic
- Infiltrating ductal carcinoma, high power microscopic
Other Breast Carcinomas
- Colloid carcinoma, medium power microscopic
- Lobular carcinoma in situ, high power microscopic
- Infiltrating lobular carcinoma, medium power microscopic
- Infiltrating lobular carcinoma, high power microscopic
- Medullary carcinoma, medium power microscopic
- Medullary carcinoma, high power microscopic
- Metaplastic breast carcinoma, high power microscopic
- Phyllodes tumor, medium power microscopic [MAMMOGRAM]
- Paget disease of breast, low power microscopic
- Paget disease of breast, high power microscopic
- Paget disease of breast, medium power, PAS stain, microscopic
- "Inflammatory carcinoma" in mastectomy specimen, gross
- "Inflammatory carcinoma" with metastasis in dermal lymphatics, low power microscopic
- "Inflammatory carcinoma" with metastasis in dermal lymphatic, high power microscopic
- Male breast carcinoma, mammogram
- Male breast carcinoma, low power microscopic
Ancillary Tissue Diagnostic Methods
- Estrogen receptor positivity in breast carcinoma, immunoperoxidase, medium power microscopic
- Estrogen receptor positivity in breast carcinoma, immunoperoxidase, medium power microscopic
- Progesterone receptor positivity in breast carcinoma, immunoperoxidase, high power microscopic
- C-erb B-2 (HER-2) positivity in breast carcinoma, immunoperoxidase, medium power microscopic
- Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) assay for HER2 amplification in breast carcinoma, diagram
- Cathepsin D positivity in breast carcinoma, immunoperoxidase, medium power microscopic
- Aneuploidy, flow cytometry of breast carcinoma, diagram
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