Mammographic visualization of a nonpalpable breast mass through a radiolucent breast implant

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 333-336

  Santi, Pierluigi ^a,e   Leone, Maria Stella ^a   Passarelli, Barbara ^a   Cicchetti, Silvia ^a   Imperiale, Andrea ^b   Leroy Young, V ^c   Knapp, Terry R ^d  

^a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery   (Italy)

^b Ist Sci Per lo Stud E la Cura D   (Italy)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LipoMatrix Inc   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOYBEAN OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BREAST; BREAST IMPLANTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FIBROADENOMA; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PALPATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SOYBEAN OIL; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0030862777     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199710000-00001     Document Type: Article

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