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Fine needle aspiration cytology of high grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the breast: a case report.

@article{GmezAracil2006FineNA,
  title={Fine needle aspiration cytology of high grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the breast: a case report.},
  author={V. G{\'o}mez-Aracil and E. Mayayo Artal and J. Az{\'u}a-Romeo and R. Mayayo Alvira and J. Az{\'u}a-Blanco and Alfonso Arraiza Goicoechea},
  journal={Acta cytologica},
  year={2006},
  volume={50 3},
  pages={
          344-8
        }
}

V. Gómez-Aracil, E. Mayayo Artal, +3 authors Alfonso Arraiza Goicoechea

Published 2006

Medicine

Acta cytologica

BACKGROUND Primary mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the breast is a very unusual tumor. It is often misdiagnosed, masquerading under different diagnoses. The cytologic assessment is especially difficult when the lesion is high grade. One reported case was initially diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology. CASE A 69-year-old woman presented with a 6 x 4-cm tumor located in the upper outer quadrant of the right breast. The first cytologic diagnosis suggested ductal carcinoma with atypical… CONTINUE READING

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