Cordylobia anthropophaga mastitis mimicking breast cancer: Case report

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-116

  Ugwu, B T ^a   Nwadiaro, P O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARVA; MASTITIS;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTITIS; MYIASIS;

ANIMALIA; CORDYLOBIA ANTHROPOPHAGA;

EID: 0032589961     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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