Medullary breast carcinoma: A case report with cytological features and histological confirmation

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 701-703

  El Aouni, Nadra ^a   Athanasiou, Alexandra ^a   Mansouri, Dhouha ^a   Marsiglia, Hugo ^a   Mathieu, Marie Christine ^a   Suciu, Voichita ^a   Vielh, Philippe ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cytology; Fine needle aspiration; Lymphocytic infiltrate; Medullary carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; MEDULLARY BREAST CARCINOMA; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NUCLEOLUS; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMEAR; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; CELL NUCLEOLUS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; NEUTROPHILS;

EID: 33748774707     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20543     Document Type: Article

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