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Chapter-17 Disease of the Breast

BOOK TITLE: A Short Textbook of Pathology

Author
1. Sajal Md Tahminur Rahman
2. Charu Hosne Ara Tahmin
3. Sajani Tabassum Tahmin
4. Sarnali Tanjila Tahmin
ISBN
9789350904640
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/11956_17
Edition
2/e
Publishing Year
2013
Pages
10
Author Affiliations
1. Modern Diagnostic Center Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2. Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh
3. Bangladesh Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh
4. Anwer Khan Modern Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Chapter keywords
congenital anomalies, mastitis, fibroadenoma, fibrocystic changes, phylloides tumor, proliferative lesion, in situ and infiltrative carcinoma

Abstract

After discussing the short functional anatomy of breast, common lesions of breast like mastitis, abscess, most common benign tumors like fibroadenoma and fibrocystic changes, and also number one carcinoma in female-breast carcinoma along with its risk factors, etiopathogenesis, classification, gross and microscopic features, diagnostic modalities and staging and grading are incorporated. Also rare tumors like phylloides tumor and immunohistochemical markers for diagnosis and management of Ca breast like ER, PR and HER/2 are described. Proliferative breast lesions with or without atypia, granulomatous, plasma cell mastitis are also mentioned.

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