A rare association of synchronous intraductal carcinoma of the breast and invasive carcinoma of ectopic breast tissue of the vulva: Case report and literature review

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 428-433

  Intra, M ^a,c   Maggioni, A ^a   Sonzogni, A ^a   De Cicco, C ^b   Machado, L S ^a   Sagona, A ^a   Talakhadze, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Carcinoma of the vulva; DCIS; Ectopic breast cancer; Inguinal sentinel node biopsy; Lymphoscintigraphy

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN TC 99M; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECTOPIC BREAST; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; SKIN NODULE; TUMOR BIOPSY; VULVA CARCINOMA; VULVECTOMY;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; CHORISTOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33645374052     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00237.x     Document Type: Review

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