| Nipple cytology |
Final histology |
| Normal (20) |
Benign changes (45) |
IDP (39) |
Benign lesion with atypia (3) |
In situ cancer (11) |
Invasive cancer (2) |
| No epithelial cells or RBC (21) |
7 |
8 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1† |
| Epithelial cell (5) |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1* |
| RBC (42) |
8 |
12 |
16 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
| Epithelial cell+RBC (52) |
4 |
22 |
20 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
†This patient was found to have benign lesion with atypia on diagnostic major duct excision;
*this patient was found to have in situ cancer on diagnostic major duct
excision |
