Metaplastic carcinomas of the breast fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology findings

Cytopathology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 291-300

  Nogueira, M ^a   Andre S ^a   Mendonca E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DE ONCOLOGIA DE LISBOA FRANCISCO GENTIL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Breast; Cytologic features; Metaplastic carcinomas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST SARCOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTOSARCOMA PHYLLOIDES; CYTOPATHOLOGY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MESENCHYME CELL; METAPLASIA; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; SQUAMOUS CELL;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, ADENOSQUAMOUS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOSARCOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GIANT CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLLODES TUMOR; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0031658884     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2303.1998.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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