Metastatic ovarian papillary serous carcinoma to the breast: Diagnosis and pitfalls

Gynecologic Oncology Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages 35-37

  Mhawech Fauceglia, Paulette ^a   Kay, Brian ^a   Li, Carrie J ^b   Lin, Yvonne G ^a,c  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast metastasis; Immunohistochemistry; Ovarian cancer; PAX8

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; CARBOPLATIN; CYTOKERATIN 7; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; PACLITAXEL; TOPOTECAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX8; WT1 PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAMMOGRAPHY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 84872877104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2211338X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gynor.2012.12.008     Document Type: Article

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