'Breast-like' lesions in the vulva: Histology, origin and significance

Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 321-326

  Tseung, Jason ^a   Russell, Peter ^a  

^a Symbion Laverty Pathology   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; BREAST LESION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FIBROADENOMA; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HIDRADENOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MAMMOGRAPHY; MITOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN NODULE; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VULVA; VULVA CARCINOMA;

EID: 42449114384     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020701813628     Document Type: Article

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