Incidence of malignancy in females presenting with breast lumps in opd: A study of 277 cases

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 287-294

  Chaudhary, Ishtiaq Ahmed ^a,b   Qureshi, Salma Kafeel ^c   Rasul, Shahid ^c  

^a FOUNDATION UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b FAUJI FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Benign; Breast lump; Incidence; Malignant; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOLIPOMA; BREAST ABSCESS; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; BREAST HYPERPLASIA; BREAST PAPILLOMA; BREAST SARCOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYSTOSARCOMA PHYLLOIDES; FAT NECROSIS; FEMALE; FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIPOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTITIS; NEUROFIBROMA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PAKISTAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0345730918     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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