Aspiration biopsy of mammary lesions with abundant extracellular mucinous material: Review of 43 cases with surgical follow-up

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 194-202

  Ventura, Karyna ^b   Cangiarella, Joan ^b   Lee, Irene ^b   Moreira, Andre ^b   Waisman, Jerry ^b   Simsir, Aylin ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Breast; Colloid adenocarcinoma; Mucin; Mucocele like lesion; Myxoid fibroadenoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLASSIFICATION; COLLOID CARCINOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FIBROADENOMA; FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOCELE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; FIBROADENOMA; FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOCELE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85047687274     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/2MKQRJ3DLPMT4LJA     Document Type: Review

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