Spindle-cell argyrophilic mucin-producing carcinoma of the breast

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 238-242

  Burgan, Anthony R ^a   Frierson Jr , Henry F ^a   Fechner, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Argyrophilia; Breast; Fine needle aspiration; Mucin; Spindle cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

MUCIN; TAMOXIFEN;

AGED; ARGYROPHILIA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUCINS; SILVER STAINING; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0029969335     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0339(199604)14:3<238::aid-dc8>3.0.co;2-d     Document Type: Article

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