Fine-needle aspiration cytology of medullary breast carcinoma: Report of two cases and review of the literature with emphasis on differential diagnosis

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 313-318

  Racz, Melinda M ^a,b   Pommier, Rodney F ^a   Troxell, Megan L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Space Coast Pathologists ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC); Liquid based preparation (LBP); Medullary carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 34249743128     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20639     Document Type: Article

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