H-caldesmon expression in myofibroblastoma of the breast: Evidence supporting the distinction from leiomyoma

Histopathology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-238

  Magro, Gaetano ^a   Gurrera, A ^a   Bisceglia, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast; H caldesmon; Myofibroblastoma; Smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CALDESMON; CD34 ANTIGEN; DESMIN; ISOENZYME; PARAFFIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST MYOFIBROBLASTOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; FIBROMATOSIS; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; MALE; MAMMARY GLAND; MESENCHYME; MICROSCOPY; MYOFIBROBLAST; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; STAINING; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR CELL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LEIOMYOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MUSCLE TISSUE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037346819     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2003.01549.x     Document Type: Article

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