Transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder mimicking lobular carcinoma of the breast: A discohesive variant of urothelial carcinoma

Histopathology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 50-56

  Baldwin, L ^a   Lee, A H S ^a   Al Talib, R K ^b   Theaker, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lobular carcinoma like; Transitional cell carcinoma; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 20; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CELL INVASION; CELL VACUOLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; GROWTH REGULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; KERATIN-20; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 13244249901     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2005.02051.x     Document Type: Article

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