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A 49 year old homemaker presents to her physician because she noticed a lump in her breast during self -examination. Biopsy of the lump demonstrates invasive ductal carcinoma. The connective tissue adjacent to the nests of tumor is very densely collagenous. This is an example of which of the following processes?
a) Anaplasia
b) Carcinoma in situ
c) Desmoplasia
d) Dysplasia
e) Metaplasia
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| lakshya_0_7
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C- desmoplasia
and one more point, we can see this feature of tumors on gross, all others on microscopy!
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Desmoplasia: excessive fibrous tissue formation in the stroma of a tumor. The abundant fibrous tissue growth is,itself,benign.
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