Pseudotumor of the breast: An unusual presentation of Wegener's Granulomatosis [1]

Breast Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 295-296

  Naz, S M ^a,b   Fairburn, K ^b  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHESTERFIELD ROYAL HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST ABSCESS; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; PSEUDOTUMOR; PUNCH BIOPSY; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 22644437088     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1075-122x.2005.00002.x     Document Type: Letter

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