Cytologic diagnosis of invasive lobular carcinoma: Factors associated with negative and equivocal diagnoses

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 87-93

  Hwang, Sonya ^a   Ioffe, Olga ^b   Lee, Irene ^c   Waisman, Jerry ^a   Cangiarella, Joan ^a   Simsir, Aylin ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Breast; Cytology; Invasive lobular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS;

EID: 3342979486     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20084     Document Type: Article

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