Invasive breast carcinoma with features of neuroendocrine carcinoma and carcinoma with osteoclastic cells: Fine-needle aspiration cytology and histology of two cases;Carcinoma infiltrante della mammella con associati aspetti di carcinoma neuroendocrino e di carcinoma a cellule "giganti osteoclast-like" (descrizione cito-istologica di due casi)

Pathologica

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 176-180

  Pagani, Alberto ^a   Iandolo, M ^a  

^a Ospedale Civile E Agnelli   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast; Carcinoma; Neuroendocrine; Osteoclastic multinucleated giant cells

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HEMOSIDERIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BLOOD CELL; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER CELL; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GIANT CELL; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOCYTE; MICROSCOPY; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; OSTEOCLAST; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; OSTEOCLASTS;

EID: 54749158486     PISSN: 00312983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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