Schistosomiasis masquerading as carcinoma of the breast

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 345-347

  Sloan, Bradley S ^b   Rickman, Leland S ^a   Blau, Eric M ^b   Davis, Charles E ^b  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA;

EID: 0029976156     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199603000-00019     Document Type: Article

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