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This is a low-power view of the skin from the core biopsy showing clusters of breast carcinoma cells. Hematoxylin and Eosin.
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F1
The pathology of the left breast mass and skin biopsy was consistent with inflammatory breast cancer (fig. 1, fig. 2).
This is a low-power image of the positive control slide for HER-2/neu. Cells staining gold amplify HER-2/neu. HER-2/neu immunohistochemistry stain.
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F3
Her tumor was estrogen receptor positive, progesterone receptor positive and HER-2/neu negative by immunohistochemistry (1+) (fig. 3, fig. 4) and unamplified at 1.1 as detected by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH).