Evaluation of a Palpable Breast Mass

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 327, Issue 13, 1992, Pages 937-942

  Desforges, Jane F ^a   Donegan, William L ^b  

^a Medical College of Wisconsin ^*

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; BREAST DISEASE; DECISION THEORY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; PALPATION;

BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; PALPATION;

EID: 0027126294     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199209243271307     Document Type: Review

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