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Table 2 Morphological features of ENKTL-Breast cases

From: Extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma of the breast: a retrospective clinicopathological analysis of a consecutive 11-year case series

Case

Biopsy

Skin ulcer

PEH

Infiltration area

Angiocentric/angiodestructive

Patchy necrosis

Apoptotic bodies

Cell size

Shape of cell

1

Excision

 − 

 − 

Breast parenchyma

 + 

 + 

 + 

Medium-large

Pleomorphic

2

Core needle biopsy

 − 

 − 

Breast parenchyma

 + 

 + 

 + 

Large

Pleomorphic

3

Excision

 + 

 − 

Breast parenchyma and overlying epithelium

 + 

 + 

 + 

Large

Pleomorphic

4

Core needle biopsy

 − 

 − 

Breast parenchyma

 + 

 + 

 + 

Medium

Pleomorphic

5

Core needle biopsy

 − 

 − 

Breast parenchyma

 + 

 − 

 + 

Small-medium

Monomorphic

6

Core needle biopsy

 − 

 − 

Breast parenchyma

 + 

 − 

 + 

Medium

Pleomorphic

7

Excision

 − 

 − 

Breast parenchyma

 + 

 + 

 + 

Large

Monomorphic

8

Excision

 − 

 − 

Breast parenchyma

 + 

 + 

 + 

Medium-large

Pleomorphic

  1. PEH, pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia; + , positive; − , negative