Magnetic resonance axillography for preoperative diagnosis of the axillopectoral muscle (langer's axillary arch): A case report

Breast Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 281-283

  Suzuma, Takaomi ^a   Sakurai, Takeo ^a   Yoshimura, Gore ^a   Umemura, Teiji ^a   Shimizu, Yukio ^a   Yang, Qi Feng ^a   Okarnura, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Langer's axillary arch; Magnetic resonance axillography

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144470606     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02966730     Document Type: Article

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