Primary fibromatosis of the breast in a patient with multiple desmoid tumors: Report of a case with evaluation of estrogen and progesterone receptors

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 197, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 775-779

  Reis Filho, J S ^a   Milanezi, F ^a   Pope, L B ^b   Fillus Neto, J ^b   Schmitt, F C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Desmoid; Estrogen receptors; Fibromatosis; Mammary tumors; Progesterone receptors

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ABDOMINAL FIBROMATOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FIBROMATOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOID TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; FIBROMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; METASTASIS; MYOFIBROBLAST; PATHOGENESIS;

EID: 0035211085     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0344-0338(04)70158-2     Document Type: Article

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