title: Apocrine carcinoma of the breast containing foam cells. An electron microscopic and immunohistological study.
abstract: The detailed light and electron microscopic and immunohistological features of an invasive apocrine carcinoma of the breast developing in a 78-year-old woman are presented. The stroma of the tumour contained non-neoplastic lipid-filled (foam) cells. To our knowledge, these cells have not been described before in invasive breast carcinoma. Their electron microscopic and immunohistological features confirm their histiocytic nature.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shousha
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Bull
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Southall
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mazoujian
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001050:Apocrine Glands; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000032:analysis / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D005260:Female; D005487:Foam Cells / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008264:Macrophages / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000648:ultrastructure