Mucocele-like tumors of the breast: Mammographic and sonographic appearances

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 949-954

  Glazebrook, Katrina ^a   Reynolds, Carol ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MUCOCELE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR VOLUME; BREAST; CALCINOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE; HYPERPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOCELE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 0037379308     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.180.4.1800949     Document Type: Article

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