Breast cancer with an unusual leukemia-like presentation: Case report and literature review

Medical Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 100-103

  Chang, Yuan Hsin ^a,b   Hsieh, Ruey Kuen ^a,b   Chang, Ming Chi ^a,b   Chen, Gon Shen ^a,b  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute leukemia; Bone marrow involvement; Breast carcinoma; Carcinocythemia; Leukemic presentation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKEMIA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SPINE CANCER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; BONE MARROW; BREAST TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TUMOR EMBOLISM;

BONE MARROW; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM CIRCULATING CELLS;

EID: 42949109349     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12032-007-0048-2     Document Type: Article

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