Medullary carcinoma of the breast

Medullary carcinoma of the breast is a type of breast cancer.[1]

Medullary carcinoma of the breast
SpecialtyOncology, pathology

It is relatively circumscribed.[2]

It involves infiltration by lymphocytes.[3]

References
  1. Tominaga J, Hama H, Kimura N, Takahashi S (March 2008). "MR imaging of medullary carcinoma of the breast". Eur J Radiol. 70 (3): 525–9. doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.01.044. PMID 18353587.
  2. Bacus SS, Zelnick CR, Chin DM, et al. (December 1994). "Medullary carcinoma is associated with expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1. Implication to its morphology and its clinical behavior". Am. J. Pathol. 145 (6): 1337–48. PMC 1887499. PMID 7992839.
  3. Kuroda H, Tamaru J, Sakamoto G, Ohnisi K, Itoyama S (January 2005). "Immunophenotype of lymphocytic infiltration in medullary carcinoma of the breast". Virchows Arch. 446 (1): 10–4. doi:10.1007/s00428-004-1143-9. PMID 15660281.
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