Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of an invasive ductal carcinoma with medullary features presented with abscess formation

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 624-625

  Kelten, Canan ^a   Turk, Nilay Sen ^a   Akbulut, Metin ^a   Duzcan, Ender ^a   Kesen, Zehra ^b  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DENIZLI STATE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST ABSCESS; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST CYST; BREAST PAPILLOMA; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; INVASIVE DUCTAL CARCINOMA; LETTER; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MACRONUCLEUS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEUTROPHIL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; ABSCESS; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; COMPLICATION; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY;

ABSCESS; ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 77956831487     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21266     Document Type: Letter

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