Fibrous lesions of the breast: A review

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 99-108

  McMenamin, Máirín E ^a   DeSchryver, Katherine ^b   Fletcher, Christopher D M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WCP Pathology PC   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Fibromatosis; Metaplastic carcinoma; Myofibroblastoma; Nodular fasciitis; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

BREAST LESION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FASCIITIS; FIBROMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; METAPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE;

EID: 0034047689     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106689690000800204     Document Type: Review

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