Role of fine needle aspiration in diagnosing breast lesions

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 915-920

  Mansoor, Ibrahim ^a,b   Jamal, Awatif A ^a  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Breast lesions; Breast neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BREAST LESION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036700879     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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