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. 2011 Apr;28(2):91-2.
doi: 10.4103/0970-9371.80755.

Primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of breast

Sunita Singh  1 , Garima Aggarwal, Sant P Kataria, Rajnish Kalra, Amrita Duhan, Rajeev Sen
Affiliations

Primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of breast

Sunita Singh et al. J Cytol. 2011 Apr.
No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Moderately pleomorphic, polygonal and plasmacytoid cells with abundant cytoplasm containing fine to coarse azurophilic granules, particularly at cell borders and poles(MGG, ×400)
Figure 2
Figure 2
Tumor composed of solid nests and trabeculae without tubule formation(H and E, ×100)
Figure 3
Figure 3
Tumor cells positive for synaptophysin (a) and chromogranin (b) (IHC, ×400)
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