Breast carcinoma with endocrine features: Report of a case with cytologic and immunohistochemical studies

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1017-1021

  Laforga, Juan B M ^a   López, José I ^b  

^a HOSPITAL MARINA ALTA   (Spain)

^b HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Breast neoplasms; Carcinoma; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN; CYTOKERATIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 2642705820     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000331951     Document Type: Article

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