Melanoma metastasis to the breast masquerading as fibroadenoma

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 97-99

  Da Silva, Benedito Borges ^a,b   Da Silva Jr , Raimundo Gerônimo ^a   Costa, Pedro Vitor Lopes ^a   Pires, Cleicilene Gomes ^a   Pinheiro, Gevina Da Silva ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^b Bairro Jockey Club ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Breast; Malignant melanoma; Metastasis; Metastatic melanoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; MART 1 ANTIBODY; MELAN A; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BRAZIL; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; BREAST LESION; BREAST METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBROADENOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; THIGH;

EID: 33746920570     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092826     Document Type: Article

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