Atypical vascular lesions after surgery and radiation of the breast: A clinicopathologic study of 32 cases analyzing histologic heterogeneity and association with angiosarcoma

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 943-950

  Patton, Kurt T ^a   Deyrup, Andrea T ^a   Weiss, Sharon W ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical vascular lesion; Breast carcinoma; Postirradiation angiosarcoma; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MASTECTOMY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; VASCULAR LESION; BREAST TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION INJURY; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED;

EID: 46249088441     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31815bf8fe     Document Type: Article

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