Blow Up of Intraductal Carcinoma of the Breast

Ductal Carcinoma in situ (Medium Power)

• This is a view of a portion of a duct lined by cells lacking the usual two layer organizaton and exhibiting nuclear atypia.
• The basement membrane is intact.
• The epithelium is thrown up in small micropapillae.
• The nuceli are large and hyperchromatic and some actually extend into the lumen.

(Description By:Melinda Sanders, M.D. )

(Image Contrib. by: UCHC )