Microglandular adenosis with transition into adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1052-1060

  Acs, Geza ^a   Simpson, Jean F ^b   Bleiweiss, Ira J ^c   Hugh, Judith ^e   Reynolds, Carol ^d   Olson, Sandy ^b   Page, David L ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adenoid cystic carcinoma; Breast neoplasms; Carcinoma in situ; Microglandular adenosis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BETA CATENIN; CYTOKERATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; VIMENTIN;

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; BREAST CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; METASTASIS; MICROGLANDULAR ADENOSIS; MYOEPITHELIUM; MYOEPITHELIUM CELL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, ADENOID CYSTIC; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; FEMALE; FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0042344958     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200308000-00002     Document Type: Review

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