Leiomyosarcoma of the female breast: Report of two new cases and a review of the literature

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-25

  Falconieri, Giovanni ^a   Della Libera, Duilio ^a   Zanconati, Fabrizio ^b   Bittesini, Lucia ^a  

^a City Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast tumors; Immunohistochemistry; Leiomyosarcoma; Spindle cell sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DESMIN; VIMENTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CYSTOSARCOMA PHYLLOIDES; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MASTECTOMY; MESENCHYMOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0030920227     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/108.1.19     Document Type: Article

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