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Ultrastructure of fibrosarcoma in a male breast
Author(s) -
Crocker Danny J.,
Murad Tariq M.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(196904)23:4<891::aid-cncr2820230426>3.0.co;2-z
Subject(s) - fibrosarcoma , ultrastructure , neoplastic transformation , pathology , nucleolus , cytoplasm , neoplasm , electron microscope , anatomy , medicine , biology , cancer , microbiology and biotechnology , carcinogenesis , physics , optics
A case of fibrosarcoma in a male breast was studied with light and electron microscope. The study revealed a close morphologic similarity between the neoplastic cells and the fibroblasts. The neoplastic cells differ from normal fibroblasts in having increased number of cytoplasmic filaments and multiple nucleoli. These features were thought to be the result of neoplastic transformation. It is also thought that this neoplasm arose from the pectoral fascia.