Metaplastic carcinoma of the breast with melanocytic differentiation

Modern Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 592-596

  Ruffolo, Eugene F ^a   Koerner, Frederick C ^a   Maluf, Horacio M ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Melanocytic differentiation; Melanoma; Metaplastic carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOSOME; METAPLASIA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; METAPLASIA;

EID: 0030744247     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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