Adenomyoepithelioma of the breast: A review stressing its propensity for malignant transformation

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 477-484

  Hayes, Malcolm M ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALPONIN; CAVEOLIN 1; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 18; CYTOKERATIN 8; MASPIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PROTEIN P75; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN;

ADENOMYOEPITHELIOMA; ADENOMYOEPITHELIOMA OF THE BREAST; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOGENETICS; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FIBROADENOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MYOEPITHELIUM CELL; PAPILLOMA; PINOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SARCOMA; TONOFILAMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADENOMYOEPITHELIOMA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 79956322487     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2010.087718     Document Type: Review

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