Radial scar of the breast: Mammographic enigma in pre- and postmenopausal women

Maturitas

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 227-231

  Dessole, Salvatore ^a   Meloni, Giovanni Battista ^a   Capobianco, Giampiero ^a   Becchere, Mariapaola ^a   Soro, Daniela ^a   Canalis, Giulio Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Diagnosis; Radial scar

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; POSTMENOPAUSE;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST DISEASES; CICATRIX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034737527     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5122(99)00104-8     Document Type: Article

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