Breast vasculitis presenting as a tumor-like lesion. A case report

Tumori

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 366-368

  Famà, Fausto ^a   Piquard, Arnaud ^b   Fedele, Francesco ^a   Florio, Maria Antonietta Gioffrè ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER RÉGIONAL D ORLÉANS   (France)

^c Complesso Residenziale MITO ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast vasculitis; Granulomatous angiopanniculitis; Tumor like lesion

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MASTALGIA; VASCULITIS;

EID: 26444458329     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160509100418     Document Type: Article

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