A metastatic renal carcinoid tumor presenting as breast mass: A diagnostic dilemma

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 306-310

  Hasteh, Farnaz ^a   Pu, Robert ^b   Michael, Claire W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Carcinoid; Carcinoma; Metastases; Neuroendocrine

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOID TUMOR; CHROMOGRANINS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34247516479     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20631     Document Type: Article

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