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Pa·get cell

(paj'ĕt sel)

A relatively large, neoplastic epithelial cell (carcinoma cell) with a hyperchromatic nucleus and abundant palely staining cytoplasm; in Paget disease of the breast, such cells occur in neoplastic epithelium in the ducts and in the epidermis of the nipple, areola, and adjacent skin.

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(13-15) The proliferative index of the Paget cells in those studies was between 10% and 30%.

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