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APOCRINE GLAND CARCINOMA (SWEAT GLAND CARCINOMA) OF THE BREAST
Author(s) -
Wald M.,
Kakulas B. A.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1964.tb03871.x
Subject(s) - medicine , apocrine , squamous metaplasia , carcinoma , metaplasia , mammary gland , sweat gland , pathology , pathological , sweat , breast cancer , cancer , epithelium
Summary An apocrine gland carcinoma of the breast occurring in a woman aged 71 years is reported, in which the pathological features, while being in general similar to those which have been described in the literature, presept the unique features of areas of squamous metaplasia and abundant iron pigment.