Malignant adenomyoepithelial tumor of the breast: Multi-immunolabeling technique and detailed immunophenotypic study

Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 100-104

  Nga, Min En ^a,d   Lim, Kiat Hon ^b   Tan, Ern Yu ^c   Chan, Patrick ^c   Tan, Soo Yong ^b   Walford, Norman ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adenomyoepithelial tumor; Cytokeratins; Immunofluorescence staining; Myoepithelial cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PEROXIDASE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; MYOEPITHELIUM CELL; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KERATINS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOEPITHELIOMA; NEOPLASMS, COMPLEX AND MIXED;

EID: 37549029133     PISSN: 15412016     EISSN: 15334058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAI.0b013e31802b30a1     Document Type: Article

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