Granulomatous mastitis can mimic breast cancer on clinical, radiological or cytological examination: A cautionary tale

Breast

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 283-286

  Heer, Rakesh ^a   Shrimankar, J ^b   Griffith, C D M ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; AWARENESS; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; MASTITIS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

EID: 0043132273     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9776(03)00032-8     Document Type: Article

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