Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma of the breast. Report of a case with the first electron microscopic study and review of the literature

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 447, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 653-659

  Kurose, Akira ^a   Ichinohasama, Ryo ^b   Kanno, Hiroyuki ^a   Kobayashi, Tetsuto ^a   Ishida, Motoo ^c   Nishinari, Naoto ^d   Sawai, Takashi ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Ishida Surgical and Gastroenterological Clinic   (Japan)

^d Morioka Yuai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast; Carcinoma; Lymphoepithelioma; Medullary carcinoma

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST METASTASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOEPITHELIOMA; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SYNCYTIUM; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR CELL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 24744465885     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-004-1195-x     Document Type: Review

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