Metaplastic breast carcinoma histologically mimicking cutaneous spindle cell squamous cell carcinoma

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 250-254

  Derienzo, Damian P ^a   Barr, Ronald J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Building 52 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Metaplastic carcinoma; Metastases; Spindle cell carcinoma; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; METAPLASIA; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN METASTASIS; SKIN NODULE; SPINDLE CELL; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 19444382333     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.dad.0000157449.61904.00     Document Type: Review

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