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Breast myoepitheliosis

MedGen UID:
269362
•Concept ID:
C1513799
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Breast Myoepitheliosis; breast myoepitheliosis
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0004262

Definition

A multifocal neoplastic process characterized by the proliferation of spindle to cuboidal myoepithelial cells within and/or around small breast ducts. [from NCI]

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Spindle cell ductal carcinoma in situ. An unusual variant of ductal intra-epithelial neoplasia that simulates ductal hyperplasia or a myoepithelial proliferation.
Farshid G, Moinfar F, Meredith DJ, Peiterse S, Tavassoli FA
Virchows Arch 2001 Jul;439(1):70-7. doi: 10.1007/s004280100446. PMID: 11499843
Myoepithelial lesions of the breast. Myoepitheliosis, adenomyoepithelioma, and myoepithelial carcinoma.
Tavassoli FA
Am J Surg Pathol 1991 Jun;15(6):554-68. doi: 10.1097/00000478-199106000-00004. PMID: 1709559

Diagnosis

Spindle cell ductal carcinoma in situ. An unusual variant of ductal intra-epithelial neoplasia that simulates ductal hyperplasia or a myoepithelial proliferation.
Farshid G, Moinfar F, Meredith DJ, Peiterse S, Tavassoli FA
Virchows Arch 2001 Jul;439(1):70-7. doi: 10.1007/s004280100446. PMID: 11499843
Myoepithelial lesions of the breast. Myoepitheliosis, adenomyoepithelioma, and myoepithelial carcinoma.
Tavassoli FA
Am J Surg Pathol 1991 Jun;15(6):554-68. doi: 10.1097/00000478-199106000-00004. PMID: 1709559

Prognosis

Spindle cell ductal carcinoma in situ. An unusual variant of ductal intra-epithelial neoplasia that simulates ductal hyperplasia or a myoepithelial proliferation.
Farshid G, Moinfar F, Meredith DJ, Peiterse S, Tavassoli FA
Virchows Arch 2001 Jul;439(1):70-7. doi: 10.1007/s004280100446. PMID: 11499843
Myoepithelial lesions of the breast. Myoepitheliosis, adenomyoepithelioma, and myoepithelial carcinoma.
Tavassoli FA
Am J Surg Pathol 1991 Jun;15(6):554-68. doi: 10.1097/00000478-199106000-00004. PMID: 1709559

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