Benign mucocele-like lesion of the breast: How to differentiate from mucinous carcinoma before surgery

Cytopathology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 104-108

  Cheng, L ^a   Lee, W Y ^a   Chang, T W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atypical ductal hyperplasia; Breast neoplasm; Mammography; Mucinous carcinoma; Mucocele like lesion; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; MUCOCELE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID TUMOR; TUMOR CELL;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOCELE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1842734282     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2004.00130.x     Document Type: Article

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