Bilateral axillary metastases of occult breast carcinoma: Report of a case with a review of the literature

Breast

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-168

  Steunebrink, M ^a   Schnater, J M ^a   Storm, R K ^a   van Ingen, G ^b   Vegt, P A ^a   Plaisier, P W ^a  

^a ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Pathology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph node metastases; Bilateral; Occult breast cancer; Unknown primary

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER SCREENING; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 14844344202     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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