Mammographic-pathologic correlation of apocrine metaplasia diagnosed using vacuum-assisted stereotactic core-needle biopsy: Our 4-year experience

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 795-798

  Kushwaha, Anne C ^a   O'Toole, Melissa ^b   Sneige, Nour ^a   Stelling, Carol B ^a   Dryden, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Kelsey Seybold Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APOCRINE GLAND; ARTICLE; BREAST DISEASE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAMMOGRAPHY; METAPLASIA; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; VACUUM;

EID: 0037370651     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.180.3.1800795     Document Type: Article

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