Metastatic chordoma of the breast: An extremely rare lesion mimicking mucinous cancer

APMIS

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 726-729

  Tot, Tibor ^a  

^a FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast; Chordoma; Immunohistochemistry; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 7; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN S 100;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CHORDOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMOGRAPHY; METASTATIC BREAST CHORDOMA; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHORDOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; S100 PROTEINS; SACRUM; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33749266689     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2006.apm_437.x     Document Type: Article

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