THE MENACE IN BREAST PATHOLOGY

Abstract

Diagnosis by non-operative procedures has of late become the standard of care. This helps the pathologist to make far reaching decisions on small tissue samples. Haematoxylin and eosin (H&E)-stained sections estimation with analytical thinking assisted by the significant use of immunohistochemistry (IHC) and other tests, resume to be the bulwark of histological diagnosis. This review aims to accentuate the hidden difficulty in the interpretation of breast lesions that could diversely guide to under diagnosis, over diagnosis, or incorrect categorization of malignancy, with possible dire after effects to the patients. The review focusses on interpretation of H&E and IHC in breast pathology and aims to complement existing literature on the subject. 1,2,3,4
Entities that may result in over diagnosis of malignancy.