Lobular pleomorphic carcinoma versus invasing lobular carcinoma: clinicopathological characteristics and prognostic evaluation

Clinicopathological characteristics of invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast.

BACKGROUND The clinical features of invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) of the breast have remained unclear due to the rarity of such cases. This study investigated the clinical and pathological features of ILC. METHODS The medical records of 413 patients with invasive breast cancer who underwent surgery in our department were reviewed. These cases included 13 patients with ILC (3.1%). RESULTS...

Invasive Pleomorphic Lobular Carcinoma of the Breast: Clinicopathologic Characteristics and Prognosis Compared with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma

PURPOSE Invasive pleomorphic lobular carcinoma (IPLC) is a very rare and distinct morphological variant of invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC), characterized by nuclear atypia and pleomorphism contrasted with the cytologic uniformity of ILC. This study evaluated clinicopathologic characteristics and prognosis of IPLC compared with invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC). METHODS We retrospectively revie...

Pleomorphic Lobular Carcinoma of the Breast – A Diagnostic Dilemma

Pleomorphic lobular carcinoma of the breast has been identified as a histological variant of infiltrating lobular carcinoma (ILC) with poor prognosis. Thus, cytological recognition of this tumour is important. It is characterized by pleomorphism to a degree that contrasts with the cytologic uniformity of classic ILC. Due to this feature it is often misinterpreted as infiltrating ductal carcinom...

Pleomorphic Lobular Carcinoma in a Male Breast: A Rare Occurrence

Carcinoma of male breast is uncommon as it accounts for 0.7% of total breast cancer. The pathology of male breast cancer is remarkably similar to that of cancers seen in women. The same histological subtypes of invasive cancer are present, although papillary carcinomas (both invasive and in situ) are more common and lobular carcinomas are less common. The predominant histological type, in males...

Metastatic lobular carcinoma.