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Case 03

View the following images and select the correct diagnosis from the list of differentials given below.

Non-Gyne Case 03 -- Breast bugaboo

          From the Cytopathology files of the BC Cancer Agency
          Submitted by: Brenda Smith, BSc and Tom Thomson, MD
          Special thanks to Dr. Malcolm Hayes for his assistance with this case.

FNA of the left breast from a 40 year old woman. Submitted air-dried smears were stained with May-Grunwald-Giemsa stain.

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Select the correct diagnosis:

     Click here to select A   A) Low-grade duct cell carcinoma with osteoclast-like giant cells and mucinous features

     Click here to select B   B) Mucinous atypical ductal hyperplasia

     Click here to select C   C) Metaplastic carcinoma with osteoclast-like giant cells

     Click here to select D   D) Fibroadenoma with multinucleate giant cells and mucinous degeneration


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