Nipple discharge disorders: Current diagnostic management and the role of fiber-ductoscopy

European Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 583-590

  Okazaki, A ^a   Hirata, K ^a   Okazaki, M ^a   Svane, G ^b   Azavedo, E ^b  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast; Diagnosis; Ductography; Fiber ductoscopy; Nipple discharge; Non palpable breast cancer; Papilloma

Indexed keywords

BREAST DISEASE; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; EXUDATE; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; NIPPLE; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SECRETION;

BREAST DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; NIPPLES;

EID: 0032604489     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050715     Document Type: Review

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