Columnar Cell Lesions: Current Classification and Controversies

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 18-24

  Nasser, Selim M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical ductal hyperplasia; Clinging carcinoma; Columnar cell; Ductal carcinoma in situ

Indexed keywords

BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST DUCT; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL POPULATION; COLUMNAR CELL LESION; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 1542327622     PISSN: 07402570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semdp.2003.10.006     Document Type: Article

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