Lymph node extramedullary hematopoiesis in breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant therapy: A potential diagnostic pitfall

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 264-266

  Prieto Granada, Carlos ^a   Setia, Namrata ^a   Otis, Christopher N ^a  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

breast carcinoma; extramedullary hematopoiesis; lymph nodes; neoadjuvant therapy

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GLYCOPHORIN; MYELOPEROXIDASE; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORE BIOPSY NEEDLE; ERYTHROID PRECURSOR CELL; EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MASTECTOMY; MEGAKARYOCYTE ERYTHROID PROGENITOR; METASTASIS; MYELOID PROGENITOR CELL; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME;

BREAST CARCINOMA; EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; LYMPH NODES; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY;

ADULT; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIESIS, EXTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM METASTASIS;

EID: 84878230844     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: 19402465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896913480831     Document Type: Article

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