[Pseudoangiomatous hyperplasia of mammary stroma]. 1998

E Hovorková, and A Ryska, and J Spacek
Fingerlandův ústav patologie FN, Hradec Králové.

Four cases of pseudoangiomatous hyperplasia of mammary stroma (PAH) were described (3 women and 1 man aged 15 to 42 years). Clinically in women, they presented as firm, nontender, movable nodules, 1 to 4 cm in diameter, diagnosed clinically usually as fibroadenoma. In the male patient, the lesion was tender, resembling gynecomastia. Microscopically, they were characterized by the presence of anastomosing, empty-looking, slit-shaped spaces irregularly lined by the spindle cells with small, uniformly ovoid nuclei, dispersed throughout the mammary stroma. Immunohistochemically, these cells were vimentin positive, factor VIII and CD31 negative. They did not express estrogen receptor, in one case there was a weak progesteron receptor positivity. Ultrastructurally, the lining cells were of a fibroblastic character. The pathogenesis of PAH is unclear, presumed to be of reactive nature by the authors, probably as an exuberant reaction of stromal cells to hormonal stimuli. In differential diagnosis, PAH should be distinguished from low-grade angiosarcoma, as well as from perilobular hemangioma, diffuse angiomatosis and vascular anomalies.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006965 Hyperplasia An increase in the number of cells in a tissue or organ without tumor formation. It differs from HYPERTROPHY, which is an increase in bulk without an increase in the number of cells. Hyperplasias
D008297 Male Males
D001940 Breast In humans, one of the paired regions in the anterior portion of the THORAX. The breasts consist of the MAMMARY GLANDS, the SKIN, the MUSCLES, the ADIPOSE TISSUE, and the CONNECTIVE TISSUES. Breasts
D001941 Breast Diseases Pathological processes of the BREAST. Endocrine Breast Diseases,Breast Disease,Breast Disease, Endocrine,Breast Diseases, Endocrine,Disease, Breast,Disease, Endocrine Breast,Diseases, Breast,Diseases, Endocrine Breast,Endocrine Breast Disease
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults

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