Benign and Malignant Spindle Cell Lesions of the Breast

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-64

  Brogi, Edi ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

"fibromatosis like"; Metaplastic spindle cell carcinoma; Myofibroblastoma; Nodular fasciitis; Primary mammary fibromatosis; Pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia; Reactive spindle cell nodule

Indexed keywords

BREAST LESION; BREAST SPINDLE CELL LESION; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FASCIITIS; HUMAN; METAPLASIA; METAPLASTIC SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; MYOFIBROBLAST; MYOFIBROBLASTOMA; NODULAR FASCIITIS; PRIMARY MAMMARY FIBROMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOANGIOMATOUS STROMAL HYPERPLASIA; REACTIVE SPINDLE NODULE; REVIEW; SPINDLE CELL; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; STROMA;

EID: 1542267753     PISSN: 07402570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semdp.2003.10.007     Document Type: Article

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