invasive lobular carcinoma

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Development of invasive lobular carcinoma

Duct or acinus in a lobule Cancer cells break out and invade the surrounding tissue in single file

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Invasive lobular carcinoma is associated with

Adjacent LCIS (About 2/3)

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Unique histological feature of invasive lobular carcinoma

  1. Cells lose their adherent junctions

  2. Cells are in single file strands moving into the stroma

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Detection of invasive lobular carcinoma (3)

  1. May be a palpable mass

  2. May be mammographic densities

  3. May be clinically occult breast cancer

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Other information on invasive lobular carcinoma

  1. Lymph node involvement/ Metastasis with no detectable primary tumor

  2. Often times does not invoke a vigorous desmoplastic response