Primary amyloid tumor of the breast: A case report and review of the literature

Modern Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 735-738

  Luo, Jian Hua ^a   Rotterdam, Heidrun ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Breast; Tumor

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PATHOGENESIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; BREAST DISEASES; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS;

EID: 0343990087     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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