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Her-2 positivity in metastatic breast cancer - 1.

Her-2 positivity in metastatic breast cancer - 1.
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Author: Shriram Vaidia Nath; Giles Kelsey; Geoff Davey; Graeme Swinton;
Category: Underproduction Anemias > Pure Red Cell Aplasia > Paraneoplastic
Published Date: 11/01/2007

A 50-year-old lady underwent a bone marrow examination to prove recurrence of her breast cancer. (No other tissue was available for Her-2 examination.) A bone marrow aspirate, MGG stain, showing syncytia of breast carcinoma cells with variable nuclear:cytoplasmic ratio with open chromatin and indistinct nucleoli.