Endosalpingiosis in axillary lymph nodes: A possible pitfall in the staging of patients with breast carcinoma

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1211-1216

  Corben, Adriana D ^a   Nehhozina, Tatjana ^a   Garg, Karuna ^a   Vallejo, Christina E ^a   Brogi, Edi ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

axillary sentinel lymph node; benign glandular inclusion; endosalpingiosis

Indexed keywords

PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PAX8 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR MARKER; WT1 PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EPITHELIUM CELL; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CILIA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; WT1 PROTEINS;

EID: 77955173885     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181e5e03e     Document Type: Article

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