Extramedullary haematopoiesis in axillary lymph nodes following neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced breast cancer - A potential diagnostic pitfall

Histopathology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 622-623

  Millar, Ewan K A ^a,b,c   Inder, Stephanie ^a   Lynch, Jodi ^a  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; TRASTUZUMAB;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MASTECTOMY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIESIS, EXTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 64549123500     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2009.03246.x     Document Type: Letter

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