Case of the month - March 2007
Special stains
Low power view (x 4) showing high grade DCIS (lower left) and a focus suspicious of invasion in the
centre of the image
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- note the associated foreign body giant cells and cholesterol clefts 'A'
Medium power view (x 10) of same area as shown above stained for CK5/6.
Red arrow points to apparent breach of basal layer by early invasive carcinoma
while blue arrow points to suspicious invasive focus with absent CK5/6 staining and closely associated foreign body giant cells.
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