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Abstract
A case of metaplastic breast cancer in a patient with a history of infiltrating ductal
carcinoma is presented, including representative mammographic and pathologic findings.
The correlation between coarse calcifications on mammography and heterologous osseous
elements on histologic review is noted. A brief summary of the typical clinical and
pathologic features, as well as clinical studies relating to metaplastic breast cancer,
are presented.
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Publication history
Accepted:
June 9,
2003
Received in revised form:
June 2,
2003
Received:
April 28,
2003
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© 2003 Elsevier Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
