Atypical Hemangioma of The Breast: a Diagnostic Pitfall in Breast Fine-Needle Aspiration.
Publication/Presentation Date
3-1-2001
Abstract
We report on the fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology of atypical hemangioma of the breast in a 52-yr-old female. The patient presented with a 2-cm palpable left breast mass. An FNA of the mass was performed following a mammogram, corresponding to the palpable breast mass. The FNA demonstrated the presence of numerous atypical single spindle cells scattered throughout a hemorrhagic background. An unequivocal diagnosis of malignancy was not rendered in this case. However, the degree of cytologic atypia suggested a malignant process, and a recommendation for an excisional biopsy was made. Atypical hemangioma should therefore be included in the differential diagnosis of angiosarcoma and other benign and malignant spindle-cell lesions of the breast encountered on cytologic samples.
Volume
24
Issue
3
First Page
215
Last Page
218
ISSN
8755-1039
Published In/Presented At
Galindo, L. M., Shienbaum, A. J., Dwyer-Joyce, L., & Garcia, F. U. (2001). Atypical hemangioma of the breast: a diagnostic pitfall in breast fine-needle aspiration. Diagnostic Cytopathology, 24(3), 215-218.
Disciplines
Medical Pathology | Pathology
PubMedID
11241908
Department(s)
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Document Type
Article