"Benign," metastasizing adenomyoepithelioma of the breast: A report of 2 cases

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1349-1353

  Nadelman, Celina M ^a   Leslie, Kevin O ^b   Fishbein, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST ADENOMYOEPITHELIOMA; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MYOEPITHELIOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SYMPTOM;

ADENOMYOMA; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOEPITHELIOMA; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748568529     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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