Polymorphous adenocarcinoma of the breast. Report of three cases

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 448, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-34

  Asioli, Sofia ^a   Marucci, Gianluca ^a   Ficarra, Guido ^b   Stephens, Mark ^c   Foschini, Maria P ^a   Ellis, Ian O ^d   Eusebi, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast; Polymorphous carcinoma; Salivary glands

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS;

EID: 31744442573     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-005-0084-2     Document Type: Article

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