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Radiation-induced changes in the breast: a potential diagnostic pitfall on fine-needle aspiration
J M Dornfeld1, S K Thompson, M S Shurbaji
1Department of Pathology, East Tennessee State University, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, Johnson City 37614-0002.
Diagnostic Cytopathology
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
The authors report a case of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of a breast mass in a 36-year-old woman with previous history of lumpectomy and therapeutic radiation for breast carcinoma. The changes seen were interpreted as recurrent carcinoma, while subsequent biopsy showed only radiation changes. Radiation-induced changes in breast tissue are a potential diagnostic pitfall. The characteristic cytopathologic changes and their differential diagnosis are discussed.