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Table 1 Terminology previously applied to flat epithelial atypia (FEA) of the breast

From: Columnar cell lesions of the breast: a practical review for the pathologist

Terminology

Author

Date

Abnormal involution

John Collins Warren

1905

Adenoid cystic change of senile parenchymatous hypertrophy

Joseph Colt Bloodgood

1906

George Lenthal Cheatle

1920

Hyperplastic unfolded lobules

Wellings and Jensen

1975

Low-grade clinging carcinoma

John G. Azzopardi

1979

Columnar alteration with prominent atypical snouts / Columnar cell hyperplasia with atypia

Fraser et al.

1998

Atypical cystic lobules

Oyama

1999

Flat ductal intraepithelial neoplasia

Tavassoli et al. and Farid Moinfar

2003/2009

Columnar cell change (CCC) lesions

Schnitt and Vicent-Salomon

2003

Enlarged lobular units with columnar alteration

McLaren et al.

2005