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Intraductal_Carcinoma, Breast
Ductal Carcinoma in situ (High Power)

• This close up view enables the diagnosis of DCIS to be made.
• The yellow arrows point to the intact basement membrane, surrounded by delimiting fibroblasts.
• The red arrows point to some neoplastic nuclei containing nucleoli.
• No myoepithelial cells can be seen.
• The cells have lost their normal relationship to the lumen so that the nuclei hang into the lumen.
• The blue arrows point to some necrosis within the lumen (insufficient to make the diagnosis of comedo type carcinoma in situ).
Contrib. by: UCHC
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