Columnar alteration with prominent apical snouts and secretions: A spectrum of changes frequently present in breast biopsies performed for microcalcifications

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1521-1527

  Fraser, Jean L ^a,b   Raza, Sughra ^a   Chorny, Kornylo ^a   Connolly, James L ^a   Schnitt, Stuart J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign; Benign breast disease; Columnar alteration of lobules; Ductal carcinoma in situ; Mammography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST TUMOR; CALCIFICATION; CANCER RISK; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIOPSY; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031771731     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199812000-00009     Document Type: Article

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