Medullary carcinoma of the breast

Medullary carcinoma of the breast
Medullary carcinoma of the breast
Classification and external resources
ICD-O: M8510/3

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

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. http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0720-048X(08)00070-3. 
  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. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1887499. 
  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.