Carcinomas of the breast showing myoepithelial cell differentiation

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 432, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 303-310

  Foschini, Maria P ^a   Eusebi, Vincenzo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adenoid cystic carcinoma; Low grade adenosquamous carcinoma; Myoepithelioma; Myoepithelium; Sarcomatoid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; APOCRINE GLAND; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; HISTOGENESIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METASTASIS; MYOEPITHELIOMA; MYOEPITHELIUM; MYOEPITHELIUM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA;

ACTINS; ADENOMYOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, ADENOID CYSTIC; CARCINOMA, ADENOSQUAMOUS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLLAGEN; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOEPITHELIOMA; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0031896163     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004280050170     Document Type: Review

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