Ectopic breast tissue as a possible cause of false-positive axillary sentinel lymph node biopsies

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 513-518

  Maiorano, Eugenio ^a   Mazzarol, Giovanni M ^b   Pruneri, Giancarlo ^b   Mastropasqua, Mauro G ^b   Zurrida, Stefano ^a   Orvieto, Enrico ^c   Viale, Giuseppe ^b,d  

^a CA FONCELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axillary sentinel lymph node; Breast carcinoma; Ectopic breast tissue; Epithelial inclusions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST HYPERPLASIA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECTOPIC BREAST; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHORISTOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 0037377971     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200304000-00012     Document Type: Article

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