Palisaded myofibroblastoma of the breast: A tumor closely mimicking schwannoma: Report of 2 cases

Human Pathology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1941-1946

  Magro, Gaetano ^a   Foschini, Maria Pia ^b   Eusebi, Vincenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Immunohistochemistry; Myofibroblastoma; Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; DESMIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLASTOMA; BREAST PALISADED BLASTOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURILEMOMA; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; STAINING;

BREAST; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYOFIBROBLASTOMA; SCHWANNOMA;

AGED; ANTIGENS, CD34; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; CELL NUCLEUS; DESMIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, NEOPLASM; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MUSCLE TISSUE; NEURILEMMOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84883455875     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: 15328392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2013.01.018     Document Type: Article

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