False-positive sentinel lymph nodes in breast cancer patients caused by benign glandular inclusions : Report of three cases and review of the literature

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-27

  Peng, Yan ^a   Ashfaq, Raheela ^a   Ewing, Gene ^a   Leitch, A Marilyn ^b   Molberg, Kyle H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Axillary sentinel nodes; Benign glandular inclusions; Breast carcinoma; False positive; Immunostains for myoepithelial markers

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN; PROTEIN P63;

ADULT; APOCRINE GLAND; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL INCLUSION; CYST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; LITERATURE; METASTASIS; MYOEPITHELIUM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MIDDLE AGED; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 48249131717     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/JVB8QFQNW5HBN7UJ     Document Type: Article

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