An Immunohistochemical Study of Metaplastic Spindle Cell Carcinoma, Phyllodes Tumor and Fibromatosis of the Breast

Human Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1009-1015

  Dunne, Barbara ^a,b   Lee, Andrew H S ^a   Pinder, Sarah E ^a   Bell, Jane A ^a   Ellis, Ian O ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast; CD34 positivity; Metaplastic carcinoma; Myoepithelial phenotype; Phyllodes tumor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST FIBROMA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTOSARCOMA PHYLLOIDES; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METAPLASIA; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0142231976     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/S0046-8177(03)00414-3     Document Type: Article

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