Metastatic ductal eccrine adenocarcinoma masquerading as an invasive ductal carcinoma of the male breast

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 934-938

  McLean, Sean R ^a   Shousha, Sami ^a   Francis, Nick ^a   Lim, Adrian ^a   Eccles, Simon ^a   Nathan, Myooran ^a   Brock, Cathryn S ^a   Palmieri, Carlo ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN 7; EPIRUBICIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FLUOROURACIL; IBANDRONIC ACID; PROLACTIN; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DUCTAL ECCRINE ADENOCARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INVASIVE DUCTAL CARCINOMA; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; BONE NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIPHOSPHONATES; ECCRINE GLANDS; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY; SWEAT GLAND NEOPLASMS; TAMOXIFEN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 36249009612     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2007.00749.x     Document Type: Article

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