Rare lymphoid malignancies of the breast: A report of two cases illustrating potential diagnostic pitfalls

Journal of Hematopathology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 237-244

  Farkash, Evan A ^a,b   Ferry, Judith A ^a,b   Harris, Nancy Lee ^a,b   Hochberg, Ephraim P ^c   Takvorian, Ronald W ^c   Zuckerman, Dan S ^d   Sohani, Aliyah R ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d St Luke's Mountain States Tumor Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplastic large cell lymphoma; Anaplastic lymphoma kinase; Breast; Breast implant; Hairy cell leukemia; Primary breast lymphoma; Seroma; T cell neoplasm

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958721713     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18655785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12308-009-0043-y     Document Type: Article

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