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Smears prepared from fine needle aspirates show occasional sheets of benign ductal epithelial cells (Pap, x400).
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There was no stromal component, nor were there any benign bipolar cells in the background (Figures 1 and 2).
Giemsa-stained smear prepared from fine needle aspirate shows sheet of benign ductal cells with lining myoepithelial cells.
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There was no stromal component, nor were there any benign bipolar cells in the background (Figures 1 and 2).
Excised specimen showing well-circumscribed tumor with solid fibrous cut surface and some calcific specks. The superficial cut along the center was made in the surgery to have a closer look.
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Histopathologic sections show a heavily collagenized stroma with occasional atrophic epithelial elements.
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Histologically, the tumor comprised of predominantly densely collagenized stroma, with atrophic ductal and epithelial elements (Figures 4(a) and 4(b)).