Partial tear of pectoralis major muscle masquerading as a breast mass in an 87-year-old woman: A case report

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 615-616

  Povoski, Stephen P ^a   Spigos, D G ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; MR imaging; Pectoralis major muscle

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALPATION; PATHOLOGY; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALPATION; PECTORALIS MUSCLES;

EID: 0036827103     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0455.2002.430614.x     Document Type: Article

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