Fine-needle aspiration in suspected inflammatory breast cancer: Case series with emphasis on approach to specimen adequacy

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 239-244

  Kumar, Neeta ^a   Sayed, Shahin ^a   Moloo, Zahir ^a   Wasike, Ronald ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Breast; Cytology; Diffuse enlargement; East Africa; Fine needle aspiration; Inflammatory breast cancer; Mastitis; Pitfalls

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST MALFORMATION; CYTOPATHOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BREAST CANCER; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LACTATION; MASTECTOMY; NEEDLE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISCOLORATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; STANDARD;

ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BREAST NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79960903959     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000324032     Document Type: Article

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