BBPUC 2021 – Cases
Below are links to the Virtual Pathology files for the 8 cases which will be discussed during the course.
Please investigate the cases which are hosted with our friends at Leeds Virtual Pathology, click on case image to open Virtual Pathology Page. You are then invited to use the Mentimeter link at bottom of page to tell us what you believe the cases to be. Full correct diagnoses will be given during the course by Dr Elena Provenzano, Professor Emad Rakha and Professor Abeer Shaaban.

Dr Elena Provenzano
Chief Pathologist
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
History:
39 yr old female
B3 lesion on core biopsy
MCQ
1. Fibroadenoma
2. Phyllodes tumour
3. Fibroadenoma with LCIS
4. Fibroadenoma with DCIS
History:
51 yr female,
Rt breast 47mm heterogeneous mass
MCQ
1. Metaplastic carcinoma
2. Angiosarcoma
3. Metastatic carcinoma
4. Melanoma

Professor Emad Rakha
Professor and Consultant Pathologist
Nottingham Breast Pathology Research Group
History:
69 year old female,
well defined mass in the central part of the breast
NOTE: SMM and P63 Links
MCQ
1. Papillary apocrine hyperplasia
2. Apocrine DCIS
3. Apocrine encapsulated papillary carcinoma
4. Invasive apocrine carcinoma
History:
67 years old,
irregular mass UOQ and central
MCQ
1. Papillary DCIS
2. Papillary DCIS with microinvasion
3. Papillary DCIS with invasion
4. Solid papillary carcinoma
5. Invasive papillary carcinoma

Professor Abeer Shaaban
Consultant Pathologist
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
History:
Second opinion,
47 yr old,
cavity excision
MCQ
1. Classic LCIS
2. Florid LCIS
3. Pleomorphic LCIS
4. DCIS
History:
Second opinion,
63 yr old female,
core biopsy from a breast lump
MCQ
1. DCIS
2. Invasive carcinoma
3. Adenomyoepithelioma
4. Atypical adenomyoepithelioma
5. Malignant adenomyoepithelioma
History:
Second opinion,
69 yr old female,
core biopsy,
U3 radiology
MCQ
1. Lipoma
2. Atypical lipoma
3. Liposarcoma
4. Spindle cell carcinoma
5. Fibromatosis
History:
Second opinion,
56 yr old female,
excision of breast lump
NOTE: SMM and P63 Links
MCQ
1. Metaplastic carcinoma
2. Leiomyosarcoma
3. adenomyoepithelioma
Mentimeter Link
Please use the above link to access our dedicated BBPUC 2021 Cases Mentimeter Form
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