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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2008; 29(03): 16-19
DOI: 10.4103/0971-5851.51417
Case Report

Myofibroblastoma of breast

Prasenjit Das
Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
,
Alok Sharma
Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
,
Raman Arora
Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
,
M Singh
Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Abstract

Myofibroblastoma of breast is an extremely rare mesenchymal lesion comprising of myofibroblasts. Less than 70 cases have been reported in the literature. Though many histological variants are known, characteristic morphological, cytologic, immunohistochemical and ultrastructural features help to differentiate it from other spindle cell lesions of breast. Here we report an epitheloid variant of myofibroblastoma breast in a 55-year-old female. Though CD34 showed only focal positivity, typical morphological and other immunohistochemical features helped in arriving at the diagnosis.



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02 March 2022

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