Crystallizing Galactocele: A rare entity-report of two cases

Diagnostic Cytopathology
P UmasankarAsiq Sideeque

Abstract

Galactocele is a common lesion occurring during pregnancy or lactation. It is a benign cystic breast lesion containing milk. On Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology, milky fluid is aspirated, and cytology shows paucicellular aspirate with foamy macrophages and occasional apocrine cells in a proteinaceous fluid background. Rarely, the contents of galactocele can crystallize giving rise to an entity of crystallizing galactocele. Crystallizing galactocele is a rare entity, and to the best of our knowledge, less than 10 cases have been reported in the literature.

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Oct 23, 2020·Journal of Cytology·Tanisha SinglaMukul Singh
May 27, 2021·BMJ Case Reports·Bharti VarshneyNaveen Sharma

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