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Epithelial hyperplasia of usual type in fibrocystic change. The duct space is no longer lined by a single layer of luminal epithelial cells but by a hyperplastic proliferation, which almost fills the ducts in this case. The cells, however, do not show significant pleomorphism or increase in size and mitoses are not prominent.