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The presence of abundant elastic fibres or elastosis in human breast cancer has long been known (Letulle, 1931; Cheatle and Cutler, 1931). Its macroscopic appearances are well established: elastosis is visible as yellow or whitish streaks and flecks in the fibrous stroma of the tumour and best seen in its central portion. In the past, the streaks of elastosis had been mistaken for areas of necrosis.
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Adnet, J.J. et al. (1981). Elastosis in Human Breast Cancer. Part I. Morphological Studies. In: Hollmann, K.H., de Brux, J., Verley, J.M. (eds) New Frontiers in Mammary Pathology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0019-0_8
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