The presence of micropapillary features and retraction artifact in core needle biopsy material predicts lymph node metastasis in breast carcinoma

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 202-210

  Acs, Geza ^a   Paragh, Gyorgy ^a   Chuang, Shang Tian ^a   Laronga, Christine ^a   Zhang, Paul J ^b  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Lymph node metastasis; Lymphovascular invasion; Micropapillary carcinoma; Retraction artifact

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BREAST CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; INVASIVE MICROPAPILLARY CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; TISSUE FIXATION; BREAST TUMOR; CARCINOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TISSUE MICROARRAY;

PARAFFIN;

ARTIFACTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 60249095006     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318185e171     Document Type: Article

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