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	'''Squamous metaplasia of lactiferous ducts''', abbreviated '''SMOLD''', is a benign change is in the breast.		'''Squamous metaplasia of lactiferous ducts''', abbreviated '''SMOLD''', is an uncommon benign change is in the [[breast]] typically seen in post-menuopausal women.

	==General==		==General==

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	~~#redirect~~ [[~~Breast_pathology#Squamous_metaplasia_of_lactiferous_ducts~~]]		'''Squamous metaplasia of lactiferous ducts''', abbreviated '''SMOLD''', is a benign change is in the breast.

			==General==
			*Uncommon.<ref name=pmid22964367>{{Cite journal \| last1 = Lo \| first1 = G. \| last2 = Dessauvagie \| first2 = B. \| last3 = Sterrett \| first3 = G. \| last4 = Bourke \| first4 = AG. \| title = Squamous metaplasia of lactiferous ducts (SMOLD). \| journal = Clin Radiol \| volume = 67 \| issue = 11 \| pages = e42-6 \| month = Nov \| year = 2012 \| doi = 10.1016/j.crad.2012.07.011 \| PMID = 22964367 }}</ref>
			*Associated with [[smoking]].<ref name=pmid22964367/>
			*Post-menopausal women.
			*May be associated with subareolar abscess.

			==Gross==
			*+/-Nipple inversion.<ref name=pmid887978/>

			==Microscopic==
			Features:
			*Squamous epithelium - replaces (bilayered) lactiferous ducts - '''key feature'''.<ref name=pmid887978>{{Cite journal \| last1 = Powell \| first1 = BC. \| last2 = Maull \| first2 = KI. \| last3 = Sachatello \| first3 = CR. \| title = Recurrent subareolar abscess of the breast and squamous metaplasia of the lactiferous ducts: a clinical syndrome. \| journal = South Med J \| volume = 70 \| issue = 8 \| pages = 935-7 \| month = Aug \| year = 1977 \| doi = \| PMID = 887978 }}</ref>
			*Xanthomatous reaction.

			===Images===
			<gallery>
			Image:Squamous_metaplasia_of_the_lactiferous_ducts_-_very_low_mag.jpg \| SMOLD - very low mag. (WC/Nephron)
			Image:Squamous_metaplasia_of_the_lactiferous_ducts_-_low_mag.jpg \| SMOLD - low mag. (WC/Nephron)
			</gallery>

			==See also==
			*[[Breast pathology]].

			==References==
			{{Reflist\|2}}

	[[Category:Diagnosis]]		[[Category:Diagnosis]]
			[[Category:Breast pathology]]

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