Pigmented axillary nodule: Carcinoma of an ectopic axillary breast

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 237-239

  Avilés Izquierdo, José Antonio ^a   Martínez Sánchez, Diego ^a   Suárez Fernández, Ricardo ^a   Lázaro Ochaita, Pablo ^a   Longo Imedio, María Isabel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ECTOPIC BREAST; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NODULE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; CHORISTOMA; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CHORISTOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 15044341199     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042728-200502000-00022     Document Type: Article

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