Report of a metaplastic carcinoma of the breast with multi-directional differentiation: An adenoid cystic carcinoma, a spindle cell carcinoma and melanoma

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 452, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 575-579

  Noske, Aurelia ^a   Schwabe, Michael ^a   Pahl, Stefan ^a   Fallenberg, Eva ^a   Richter Ehrenstein, Christiane ^a   Dietel, Manfred ^a   Kristiansen, Glen ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adenoid cystic cancer; Breast; Melanocytic differentiation; Metaplastic cancer

Indexed keywords

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MASTECTOMY; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, ADENOID CYSTIC; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 42549099995     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-008-0588-7     Document Type: Article

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