Intracystic carcinoma (breast)

Last revised by Daniel J Bell on 25 Feb 2018

Intracystic carcinoma of the breast refers to a breast cancer located within a cyst

Epidemiology

They represent ~0.2-1.3% of all breast cancers.

Pathology

Often they tend to represent papillary breast cancer 2:

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