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mammary fusiform cell tumors

Spindle cell lesions of the breast constitute a wide spectrum of benign and malignant proliferations. Myofibroblasts, normal cellular constituents of the mammary intra- and interlobular stroma, compose many of these lesions, which include reactive proliferations and benign or locally aggressive neoplasms.

Types (exemples)

- pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia
- reactive spindle cell nodule
- nodular fasciitis
- myofibroblastoma
- primary mammary fibromatosis
- low-grade metaplastic spindle cell carcinoma

References

- Brogi E. Benign and malignant spindle cell lesions of the breast. Semin Diagn Pathol. 2004 Feb;21(1):57-64. PMID: #15074560#