Epidermal cyst of the breast mimicking malignancy: Clinical, radiological, and histological correlation

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 273, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 312-314

  Bergmann Koester, Claudia U ^a   Kolberg, Hans C ^a   Rudolf, Isabel ^a   Krueger, Stefan ^a   Gellissen, Joerg ^a   Stoeckelhuber, Beate M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast; Epidermal cyst; Histology; Mammography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST ABSCESS; BREAST CYST; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; EPIDERMOID CYST; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDERMAL CYST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 32344451510     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-005-0019-9     Document Type: Article

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