Paget disease of the nipple

 

 

Note large opaque to slightly granular to clear cells in the epidermis. This represents an extension of ductal carcimona

in situ cells into the nipple without breaking through the basement membrane. Most of these patients also have an

infiltrating ductal carcinoma in the breast. They are likely to experience an eruption on the nipple similar to acute eczema.

 

 

1 minute clinical correlation

 

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