A RARE CASE: INVASIVE PAPILLARY CARCINOMA OF BREAST. DIAGNOSTIC CLUES IN FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY

Abstract

Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is an easy and rapid method in the differential diagnosis of breast masses. Papillary carcinoma, a rare malignant tumor of the breast, accounts for only 1-2% of the breast tumors. Benign and malignant papillary lesions of the breast can be difficult to distinguish in both cytological and histological preparations. Here we presented a case of suspicious lesion in FNAC, which was diagnosed as invasive papillary carcinoma in tissue.

Keywords

• papillary carcinoma
• breast
• fine needle
• aspiration cytology.