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Metastatic cystosarcoma phyllodes. A light and electron microscopic study
Author(s) -
Fernandez Balbino B.,
Hernandez Felix J.,
Spindler Wolfgang
Publication year - 1976
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(197604)37:4<1737::aid-cncr2820370419>3.0.co;2-s
Subject(s) - medicine , axilla , pathology , mesenchymal stem cell , lymph , axillary lymph nodes , lung , electron microscope , metastasis , adenocarcinoma , breast cancer , cancer , physics , optics
Two cases of metastatic cystosarcoma phyllodes, one in lung and the other in axillary lymph nodes, were studied with the light and the electron microscopes. The malignant element of these tumors appears to be a poorly differentiated mesenchymal cell. No evidence supporting the presence of epithelial cells was found. The tumor metastatic to the axilla exhibited intracellular virus‐like particles similar to those described in adenocarcinoma of breast and other sarcomas.