A rare case of primary actinomycosis of the breast caused by Actinomyces viscosus: Diagnosis by fine-needle aspiration cytology under ultrasound guidance

Breast Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-59

  Capobianco, Giampiero ^a   Dessole, Salvatore ^a   Becchere, Maria Paola ^a   Profili, Stefano ^a   Cosmi, Erich ^a   Cherchi, Pier Luigi ^a   Meloni, Giovanni Battista ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Primary actinomycosis

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII; ACTINOMYCES VISCOSUS; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; EXCISION; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTITIS; TARGETED ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY;

ACTINOMYCES VISCOSUS; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 13444311540     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1075-122X.2005.21613.x     Document Type: Article

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