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A member asked:
Difference between eczema cells and paget cells on nipple biopsy?
3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Eczema: is a type of inflammatory dermatitis. It is benign. Paget cells are cancerous. Pagets disease of the nipple is a malignancy that can present with an eczema-like rash.
Answered 7/23/2016
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Bx to define: Lesions of nipple that extend onto the areola can be of concern. A rash can be inflammatory or malignant and has to be defined. “Eczema” represents a range of disorders from contact dermatitis to atopic dermatitis. Pagets disease of breast is malignant process of the terminal ducts within the nipple that spill out onto the areola and must be confirmed as Ca by bx..
Answered 12/14/2015
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