Cytodiagnostic patterns of metaplastic breast carcinoma in aspiration samples: A study of 14 cases

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 10-12

  Gupta, Raj K ^a  

^a WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Breast; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Metaplastic carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; METAPLASIA; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; OSTEOCLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, ADENOSQUAMOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOCLASTS; OSTEOSARCOMA; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE;

EID: 0032918856     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199901)20:1<10::AID-DC3>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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