Benign glandular inclusions a rare cause of a false positive sentinel node

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 593-596

  Norton, Laura E ^a   Komenaka, Ian K ^a,b   Emerson, Robert E ^a   Murphy, Colleen ^a   Badve, Sunil ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Maricopa Integrated Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign glandular inclusion; Breast cancer; False positive; Frozen section; Intra operative evaluation; Sentinel node

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; CELL INCLUSION; FROZEN SECTION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPH NODE; MAMMARY GLAND; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODES; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 34347383205     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20749     Document Type: Article

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