Invasive mammary carcinoma with neuroendocrine differentiation: Histological features and diagnostic challenges

Histopathology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 106-115

  Tang, Feng ^a   Wei, Bing ^a   Tian, Zhen ^c   Gilcrease, Michael Z ^d   Huo, Lei ^d   Albarracin, Constance T ^d   Resetkova, Erika ^d   Zhang, Hong ^d   Sahin, Aysegul ^d   Chen, Jieqing ^d   Bu, Hong ^b   Abraham, Susan ^d   Wu, Yun ^d  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Histological features; Invasive carcinoma; Neuroendocrine carcinoma; Neuroendocrine differentiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GRANULAR CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PLASMACYTOID DENDRITIC CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SPINDLE CELL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOGRANIN A; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

EID: 79960453740     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2011.03880.x     Document Type: Article

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