Beta-human chorionic gonadotropin production associated with phyllodes tumor of the breast: An unusual paraneoplastic phenomenon

Breast Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 527-530

  Reisenbichler, Emily S ^a   Krontiras, Helen ^b   Hameed, Omar ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Human chorionic gonadotropin; Osteosarcoma; Phyllodes tumor

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE PLACENTA ISOENZYME; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CYTOKERATIN; PROTEIN P63;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYSTOSARCOMA PHYLLOIDES; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MASTECTOMY; MITOSIS RATE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OSTEOID; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN ULCER; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR CELL;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BONE NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FEMALE; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MASTECTOMY, MODIFIED RADICAL; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; OSTEOSARCOMA; PHYLLODES TUMOR; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 70449633399     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2009.00772.x     Document Type: Article

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