Adenocarcinoma with signet ring cells of the axilla showing apocrine features: A case report

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-41

  Kuno, Yoshinori ^a   Numata, Tokio ^b   Kanzaki, Tamotsu ^c  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Nagoya City Higashi General Hospital   (Japan)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aberrant breast tissue; Apocrine sweat glands; GCDFP 15; Lysozyme; Periluminal condensation

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME; PROTEIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; APOCRINE GLAND; ARTICLE; AXILLA; CASE REPORT; ECTOPIC BREAST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; SKIN CARCINOMA; SWEAT GLAND CANCER;

AGED; APOCRINE GLANDS; APOLIPOPROTEINS; APOLIPOPROTEINS D; AXILLA; CARCINOMA, SIGNET RING CELL; CARRIER PROTEINS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MURAMIDASE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032961663     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199902000-00009     Document Type: Article

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