Includes References and Index

In recent decades, there has been remarkable progress due to many changes and discoveries
that have been published in the breast pathology field. Diagnosis of breast lesions has become
challenging for pathologists, but also very important concerning the impact on the patient’s
treatment and, consequently, on survival.
There are many breast pathology textbooks available on the market that often present
exhaustive information. Our book is an atlas, designed as a practical approach for understanding and practicing breast pathology through pictures.
This atlas is mainly dedicated to trainees and practicing pathologists in surgical pathology
with an interest in breast pathology and tackling the daily sign-out. This easy-to-use practical
guidebook explains how to tackle the diagnosis, emphasizing diagnostic clues for each entity
as well as pitfalls and mimickers. This is the reason why each chapter includes short and concise text mostly illustrated with numerous high-quality pictures with explanatory legends highlighting the pearls and pitfalls in the diagnosis of breast lesions. This manner of presentation
will help readers quickly assimilate the essential information about all breast lesions.
We have included the most important and frequent benign and malignant lesions of the
breast. We have also included a separate chapter dedicated to normal breast anatomy and histology, which is very important for understanding breast pathology, and a separate chapter for
breast radiology–pathology correlations, which is essential in understanding and diagnosing
the breast lesions especially in a multidisciplinary team. We dedicated a special chapter to the
core needle biopsy with radiological–pathological correlations since breast lesions are diagnosed using this method in most medical centers all over the world. Additionally, because
cytology is still used in many breast units to diagnose breast lesions, we have added a chapter
dedicated to this technique, which is easy to apply and cheaper compared to others, although
sometimes it has its limitations. Sampling is essential in breast pathology and for this reason
we have demonstrated the grossing method in a separate chapter. The molecular classification
and its surrogate immunohistochemical evaluation have completely changed the diagnosis and
treatment for breast carcinoma, which is why we have dedicated special chapters to these
topics.
We hope that both pathologists and clinicians with a particular interest in this area will find
this book interesting.