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Vahid Soleimani1, Behnaz Jahanbin2
1Department of Pathology, Cancer Institute, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical, Tehran, Iran. vsoleimani@tums.ac.ir.
Abstract:
Breast tissue reveals some physiologic changes during pregnancy and lactation due to hormonal alterations. Whole range of breast diseases including inflammatory, benign and malignant neoplasms can be seen in pregnancy but due to concurrent physiologic changes, may lead to diagnostic challenges. This chapter reviews sampling methods and histologic features of common benign breast lesions in pregnancy and lactation periods.
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