Adenoid cystic carcinoma rarely occurs as a primary breast malignancy. When seen in fine-needle aspiration (FNA) material, it is identical to its counterpart in the salivary glands. W e report six cases diagnosed by aspiration in patients aged 32-82 yr. The smears were highly cellular and featured e
Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration
β Scribed by Anjali Saqi; Cecilia L. Mercado; Diane Hamele-Bena
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 306 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 8755-1039
- DOI
- 10.1002/dc.20015
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