Foreign Body Granulomas of the Breast Presenting as Bilateral Spiculated Masses

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 113-116

  Han, Boo Kyung ^a   Choe, Yeon Hyeon ^a   Ko, Young Hyeh ^a   Nam, Seok Jin ^a   Yang, Jung Hyun ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breast radiography; Breast, abnormalities

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; PARAFFIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; HUMAN; INJECTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEROL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMAN; INJECTIONS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGE; PARAFFIN;

EID: 0035320413     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2001.2.2.113     Document Type: Article

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