E-Cadherin-Negative Primary Small Cell Carcinoma of the Breast: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 117-121

  Bergman, Simon ^a,d   Hoda, Syed A ^c   Geisinger, Kim R ^a   Creager, Andrew J ^b   Trupiano, Jacqueline K ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; E cadherin; Small cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN BCL 2; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0345869684     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/737Y07JNP8GQQJJY     Document Type: Article

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