Desmoid tumor: A case of mistaken identity

Breast Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 60-64

  Privette, Alicia ^a   Fenton, Stephen J ^a   Mone, Mary C ^a   Kennedy, Anne M ^a   Nelson, Edward W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive fibromatosis; Breast neoplasm; Desmoid tumor; Extra abdominal tumor

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESMOID TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAMMOGRAPHY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBROMATOSIS, AGGRESSIVE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; THORACIC WALL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 13444252260     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1075-122X.2005.21679.x     Document Type: Article

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