Metaplastic carcinoma of the breast: a clinicopathological review
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Metaplastic carcinoma of the breast: a clinicopathological review.
BACKGROUND Mammary metaplastic carcinoma encompasses epithelial-only carcinoma (high-grade adenosquamous carcinoma or pure squamous cell carcinoma), biphasic epithelial and sarcomatoid carcinoma and monophasic spindle cell carcinoma. AIM To evaluate the clinicopathological features of a large series of 34 metaplastic carcinomas. METHODS 10 epithelial-only, 14 biphasic and 10 monophasic meta...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0021-9746
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2005.030536