Mammary myofibroblastoma: A tumor with a wide morphologic spectrum

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 132, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1813-1820

  Magro, Gaetano ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Anatomia Patologica   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13A; CD34 ANTIBODY; CD99 ANTIGEN; CHLORDANE; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; DESMIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; VIMENTIN;

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST HYPERPLASIA; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CELL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR MYOFIBROBLASTOMA; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COLLAGENIZED MYOFIBROBLASTOMA; DECIDUOID LIKE MYOFIBROBLASTOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELOID MYOFIBROBLASTOMA; FIBROBLAST; FIBROUS MYOFIBROBLASTOMA; GYNECOMASTIA; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HISTOGENESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFILTRATING MYOFIBROBLASTOMA; LIPOMATOUS MYOFIBROBLASTOMA; MAMMARY MYOFIBROBLASTOMA; MAMMOGRAPHY; MESENCHYME CELL; MORPHOLOGY; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; MULTINUCLEATED FLORETLIKE CELL; MYOFIBROBLAST; MYXOID MYOFIBROBLASTOMA; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, MUSCLE TISSUE;

EID: 55549141849     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1043/1543-2165-132.11.1813     Document Type: Review

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