RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Lymphocytic mastopathy associated with infiltrating lobular breast carcinoma.
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 376
OP 377
DO 10.1136/jcp.46.4.376
VO 46
IS 4
A1 R Chetty
A1 A E Butler
YR 1993
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/46/4/376.abstract
AB A case of lymphocytic mastopathy (LM) and concomitant infiltrating lobular breast carcinoma is described. The inflammatory infiltrate cuffed areas of carcinoma. The LM changes also affected lobules that had not been infiltrated by the carcinoma, although adjacent areas contained both in situ and infiltrating tumour. A minor portion of the inflammation was distributed throughout the ducts. The striking lobulocentricity of the inflammatory infiltrate corresponds to previous reports of LM, and distinguishes this case from the inflammatory response commonly associated with breast carcinomas. It is highly likely that the breast carcinoma induced the LM changes in lobules not yet harbouring tumour.