Myoepithelial carcinoma of the breast: A clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study of 15 diagnostically challenging cases

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 457, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 337-345

  Buza, Natalia ^a   Zekry, Nazila ^b   Charpin, Colette ^c   Tavassoli, Fattaneh A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Hoag Hospital   (United States)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Breast; Metaplastic carcinoma; Myoepithelial carcinoma; Spindle cell proliferation

Indexed keywords

CALPONIN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P63; PROTEIN S 100; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MASTECTOMY; MYOEPITHELIUM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR VOLUME; CARCINOMA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77956924032     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-010-0950-4     Document Type: Article

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