{"title":"FNAC of Crystallizing Galactocele: Case Series of a Rare Entity With Review of Literature.","authors":"Kamali, Jyotsna Naresh Bharti, Jyoti Verma, Arumulla Mithilesh","doi":"10.1002/dc.25485","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Galactoceles are one of the most common non-neoplastic breast lesions occurring predominantly in pregnant and lactating women. Long-standing cases of galactocele can crystallize and form a rare entity called crystallizing galactocele. We report two cases of crystallizing galactocele. The first case is a 21-year-old female who presented with bilateral breast lumps for 1 year, which was diagnosed as left breast crystallizing galactocele and right breast as inflamed galactocele. This is the first reported case with synchronous presentation of crystallizing galactocele and inflamed galactocele in the same patient. The second case is a 19-year-old female who presented with a painless right breast lump for 2 weeks, for which FNAC turned out to be crystallizing galactocele. To the best of our knowledge, to date, there are only 21 cases of crystallizing galactoceles published in the English literature.</p>","PeriodicalId":11349,"journal":{"name":"Diagnostic Cytopathology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Diagnostic Cytopathology","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dc.25485","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Galactoceles are one of the most common non-neoplastic breast lesions occurring predominantly in pregnant and lactating women. Long-standing cases of galactocele can crystallize and form a rare entity called crystallizing galactocele. We report two cases of crystallizing galactocele. The first case is a 21-year-old female who presented with bilateral breast lumps for 1 year, which was diagnosed as left breast crystallizing galactocele and right breast as inflamed galactocele. This is the first reported case with synchronous presentation of crystallizing galactocele and inflamed galactocele in the same patient. The second case is a 19-year-old female who presented with a painless right breast lump for 2 weeks, for which FNAC turned out to be crystallizing galactocele. To the best of our knowledge, to date, there are only 21 cases of crystallizing galactoceles published in the English literature.
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Diagnostic Cytopathology is intended to provide a forum for the exchange of information in the field of cytopathology, with special emphasis on the practical, clinical aspects of the discipline. The editors invite original scientific articles, as well as special review articles, feature articles, and letters to the editor, from laboratory professionals engaged in the practice of cytopathology. Manuscripts are accepted for publication on the basis of scientific merit, practical significance, and suitability for publication in a journal dedicated to this discipline. Original articles can be considered only with the understanding that they have never been published before and that they have not been submitted for simultaneous review to another publication.
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