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Breast Cytology and Pathology in Pregnancy and Lactation

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Diseases of the Breast during Pregnancy and Lactation

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Breast tissue reveals some physiologic changes during pregnancy and lactation due to hormonal alterations. Whole range of breast diseases including inflammatory, benign and malignant neoplasms can be seen in pregnancy but due to concurrent physiologic changes, may lead to diagnostic challenges. This chapter reviews sampling methods and histologic features of common benign breast lesions in pregnancy and lactation periods.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Cancer Institute, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical, Tehran, Iran

    Vahid Soleimani & Behnaz Jahanbin

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  1. Breast Disease Research Center (BDRC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Sadaf Alipour

  2. Breast Disease Research Center (BDRC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Ramesh Omranipour

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Soleimani, V., Jahanbin, B. (2020). Breast Cytology and Pathology in Pregnancy and Lactation. In: Alipour, S., Omranipour, R. (eds) Diseases of the Breast during Pregnancy and Lactation. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 1252. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41596-9_4

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