Histological types of breast carcinoma

HISTOLOGICAL TYPES OF BREAST CARCINOMA

Carcinoma in situ

• Ductal carcinoma in situ

• Lobular carcinoma in situ

Invasive carcinoma

• Invasive carcinoma No-special type 

• invasive Lobular carcinoma

• Tubular carcinoma

• Cribriform carcinoma

• Mucinous (colloid) carcinoma

• Medullary carcinoma

• invasive micropapillary carcinoma

• Invasive papillary carcinoma

• Carcinoma with apocrine differentiation

• Carcinoma with signet ring cell differentiation

• Metaplastic carcinoma

• Secretory carcinoma

• Inflammatory carcinoma 

• Epithelial myoepithelial tumors

• other rare types – Acinic cell carcinoma, mucoepidermoid carcinoma, polymorphous carcinoma, oncocytic carcinoma, Lipid rich carcinoma, Glycogen rich clear cell carcinoma, Sebaceous carcinoma

References :

1. Lakhani S, Ellis I, Schnitt S et al. 4th. Lyon: IARC press;2012.WHO classification of breast tumors.

2. Robbins and Cotrans: Pathologic basis of diseases.8th edition