Abstract
UNUSUAL VARIANTS OF FIBROADENOMA BREAST DIAGNOSED ON CYTOLOGY Fibroadenomas are common benign breast tumours that display a characteristic morphology, although several epithelial and stromal variations exist which may pose a diagnostic difficulty. We are discussing a case series of four cases of benign fibroadenoma with morphological variations as observed on cytology smears in the department of Pathology, KGMU, Lucknow, UP. Juvenile fibroadenoma constitutes only 4% of the total fibroadenomas with incidence of 0.5% per year. Another very rare histological finding is the presence of multinucleated giant cells throughout the stroma of a benign fibroadenoma, more commonly found incidentally within the interlobular stroma of breast tissue. Similarly apocrine metaplasia has been found to be 28% in a case series (Arno Kuijper et.al) of 396 cases of fibroadenoma. It is important to identify these variants as they may be misinterpreted as malignancy.
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