Primary small cell anaplastic carcinoma of the breast diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology: A case report

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1199-1203

  Sebenik, Matjaz ^b,c   Nair, Suresh G ^a   Hamati, Husam F ^a  

^a Department of Laboratory Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Breast neoplasms; Carcinoma, anaplastic

Indexed keywords

NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE;

AGED; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031658151     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000332114     Document Type: Article

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