benign mimic

benign mimic

A generic term for a benign condition that mimics a malignancy, either clinically, by imaging or pathologically.
Benign mimics in pathology
• Atypical adenomaous hyperplasia—mimics prostate cancer.
• Florid endocervical glandular hyperplasia with intestinal and pyloric gland metaplasia—mimics adenoma malignum.
• Mastocytosis—mimics malignant osteoblastic metastases.