Cytologic features of 22 radial scar/complex sclerosing lesions of the breast, three of which associated with carcinoma: Clinical, mammographic, and histologic correlation

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 353-362

  Bonzanini, Mariella ^a,c   Gilioli, Eliana ^b   Brancato, Beniamino ^a   Pellegrini, Marco ^a   Mauri, Maria Francesca ^a   Palma, Paolo Dalla ^a  

^a SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Bussolengo Hospital   (Italy)

^c Servizin di Anatomia Patologica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast; Carcinoma; Complex sclerosing lesion; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Radial scar

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CICATRIX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0030725790     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199711)17:5<353::AID-DC8>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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