A case of mucinous spherulosis of the breast diagnosed retrospectively in FNA material

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 626-630

  Laforga, Juan B ^a  

^a HOSPITAL MARINA ALTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breast FNA; Collagenous spherulosis; Cytology; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 14; DIFF QUICK STAIN; DYE; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ATYPICAL DUCTAL HYPERPLASIA; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST DUCT; BREAST HYPERPLASIA; BREAST MUCINOUS SPHERULOSIS; BREAST SCLEROSING ADENOSIS; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; SYMPTOM;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLLAGEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MUCINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748040438     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20536     Document Type: Article

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