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A case of metaplastic breast carcinoma with cartilaginous differentiation: comparison with the histology and tissue characterizations of an ultrasound image

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  1. Department of Breast Oncology and Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, 6-7-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-0023, Japan

    Fuyo Kimura, Kyoko Orimoto, Kana Miyahara, Takahiko Kawate & Takashi Ishikawa

  2. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tokyo Medical University, 6-7-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-0023, Japan

    Atsuo Kawamoto

  3. Department of Anatomic Pathology, Tokyo Medical University, 6-7-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-0023, Japan

    Eiichi Sato

  4. Department of Breast Surgery, Kawasaki Saiwai Hospital, 31-27 Omiya-cho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, 212-0014, Japan

    Fuyo Kimura

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All the authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by Fuyo Kimura, Eiichi Sato, and Atsuo Kawamoto. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Fuyo Kimura, and all the authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All the authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Kimura, F., Kawamoto, A., Sato, E. et al. A case of metaplastic breast carcinoma with cartilaginous differentiation: comparison with the histology and tissue characterizations of an ultrasound image. J Med Ultrasonics 49, 313–314 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10396-021-01182-3

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