Myofibroblastic tumors of the breast: A histologic spectrum with a case of recurrent male breast myofibrosarcoma

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-17

  González Palacios, Fernando ^a,b   Enriquez, José L ^a   San Miguel, Pilar ^a   Vázquez, Rosario ^a   Carcía Cosío, Mónica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasm; Male breast; Myofibroblastoma; Myofibroblasts; Myofibrosarcoma

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; FIBRONECTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROSARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE BREAST; MICROFILAMENT; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPINDLE CELL; STROMA CELL;

EID: 2442763953     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106689699900700102     Document Type: Article

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