Mammary carcinoma with osteoclastlike giant cells cytologically mimicking benign breast disease: A case report

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1284-1288

  Shabb, Nina S ^a   Tawil, Ayman ^a   Mufarrij, Amjad ^a   Obeid, Sami ^a   Halabi, Jamil ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Breast diseases; Breast neoplasms; Giant cells

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; OSTEOCLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS;

EID: 0030757988     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333521     Document Type: Article

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