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Case Number : Case 1883 - 16 Aug - Dr Diwan Posted By: Guest

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49 year-old female with history of right breast carcinoma, status post mastectomy, with biopsy of a lesion on the left chest wall. Immuno' to follow.

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vincenzo polizzi

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I think this is a typical example of Toker cells hyperplasia, with a scant atypical, Paget-like component (at the tip of rate ridge in fig6 and along the side edge in fig5). The important question is: are these cells Paget cells or atypical but yet Toker cells?

Useful a p53, CD138, estrogen/progesteron and HER2/Neu coloration.

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urmilapandey

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Morphology looks benign, would have done immunos to exclude Paget's but on morphology favour benign Toker cells

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Robledo F. Rocha

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I don't think the mere quantitative increase of Toker’s cell is strong enough to manifest itself as a lesion clinically noticeable. Maybe the critical point of this spot diagnosis really is distinguish between Toker’s cells hyperplasia and mammary Paget’s disease, in which case I favor the former hypothesis due to the lack of pleomorphism and nuclear atypia, but I presume the true lesion that have motivated the biopsy is a fibroadenoma of the residual breast in the deeper reaches of the specimen, suggested by elongated ducts with epithelial and myoepithelial bilayered lining embedded in an abundant loosely cellular fibromyxoid stroma.

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Raul Perret

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Also thought of Toker's cells hyperplasia associated with Fibroadenoma.

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Dr. Hafeez Diwan

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Supernumerary nipple with Toker cell hyperplasia (clinically, this was a supernumerary nipple).  The Toker cells were Cam5.2 and CK7 positive.  ER was also positive.  Her-2Neu was negative.

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Dr. Hafeez Diwan

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A minor correction about the immuno images above: CK7 is actually Cam 5.2 (but CK7 looks similar); and the other two immunos are both ER.  Sorry!

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