Journal of Diagnostic Pathology is a peer reviewed journal published biannually by the College Pathologists Sri Lanka. The publishes manuscripts dealing with all aspects pathology. aim to update knowledge and encourage original research in field

Metaplasticbreastcarcinomas are rare tumours. They constitute a heterogeneous group of tumors defined according to the World Health Organization as being an infiltrating ductal carcinoma but comprising areas metaplastic changes (of squamous cell type, withspindlecells, chondroid and bone or mixed), which vary from few foci microscopic complete glandular replacement. The clinical radiological as...

Spindle cell carcinoma (SpCC) of the breast is a rare variant of breast cancer that has been classified as one of the special types of metaplastic breast carcinoma (MBC). MBC consists of a mixture of cells, both epithelial and mesenchymal in origin. Immunohistochemical (IHC) analyses of SpCC show positive staining for both epithelial and mesenchymal markers. Herein, we report two patients with ...

This report describes a complicated course of a 58-year-old patient with multicentric Barrett's carcinoma within a long-segment of Barrett metaplasia. After abdominal-thoracic resection of the cancer, with incomplete removal of the long-segment metaplastic lesion, invasive carcinoma was diagnosed in the remnant Barrett's segment. Endoscopic mucosal resection was done, but Barrett's mucosa was l...