ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA OF BREAST - LIGHT AND ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY AND A BRIEF REVIEW OF LITERATURE

  • 1 January 1977
    • journal article
    • review article
    • Vol. 101  (6) , 302-306
Abstract
The cases of 2 patients with adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast are reported. In case 1, the predominant pattern was that of a solid, basaloid, cylindromatous tumor, whereas case 2 showed the typical adenoid cystic appearance. Results of EM study confirmed that many of the cystic spaces seen by light microscopy were extracellular compartments enclosed by tumor cells. Many of the tumor cells contained densely packed fibrils, which support the myoepithelial origin of these tumors. Approximately 95 well documented reports of this lesion are briefly reviewed.

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