Calcifications in axillary lymph nodes caused by fat necrosis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 627-628

  Hooley, Regina ^a,b   Lee, Carol ^a   Tocino, Irena ^a   Horowitz, Nina ^a   Carter, Darryl ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST METASTASIS; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; FAT NECROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029783244     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.167.3.8751666     Document Type: Article

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