Histiocytoid breast carcinoma: an enigmatic lobular entity
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Histiocytoid breast carcinoma: an enigmatic lobular entity.
Histiocytoid breast carcinoma is an uncommon entity that is mostly regarded as a variant of lobular carcinoma. Its occurrence with apocrine lobular carcinoma in situ and consistent expression of gross cystic disease fluid protein 15 suggest apocrine differentiation. Its recognition is often challenging, particularly when histiocytoid tumour cells occur in a metastatic site before the primary di...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0021-9746
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2011.088930