Affiliation:
1. Government Doon Medical College, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
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Abstract
Galactocele are the most common benign lesion in lactating breast, whereas crystallizing galactocele are the rare variant. Axillary crystallizing galactocele are extremely rare to see , most commonly occur due to wrong breastfeeding technique. FNAC smear shows variety of crystals along with cysteine like crystals in a background of granular amorphous material or lipid micelles.
Publisher
IP Innovative Publication Pvt Ltd
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