Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 14, Issue 6 , Pages 438-442 , December 2010

Hepar lobatum carcinomatosum revealing an occult metastatic lobular carcinoma of the breast

  • Ivan Graber, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Fédération des Spécialités Digestives, F-69437 Lyon, France
    • ,
  • Jérôme Dumortier, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Fédération des Spécialités Digestives, F-69437 Lyon, France
    • ,
  • Gilles Poncet, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Fédération des Spécialités Digestives, F-69437 Lyon, France
    • ,
  • Pierre-Edouard Queneau, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Fédération des Spécialités Digestives, F-69437 Lyon, France
    • ,
  • Patrice Mathevet, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Femme-Mère-Enfant, Service de Chirurgie gynécologique, F-69677 Bron Cedex, France
    • Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France
    • ,
  • Jean-Yves Scoazec, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Service Central d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques, F-69437 Lyon, France
    • Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Anatomie Pathologique, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, 69437 Lyon Cedex 03, France. Tel.: +33 4 72 11 07 50. fax: +33 4 72 11 68 91.

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doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2009.10.004

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 14, Issue 6 , Pages 438-442 , December 2010

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