Breast magnetic resonance imaging: An essential role in malignant axillary lymphadenopathy of unknown origin

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 382-389

  McMahon, K ^a,b   Medoro, L ^b   Kennedy, D ^b  

^a Queensland X Ray   (Australia)

^b GREENSLOPES PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Malignant axillary nodes; Occult breast cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCULT CANCER; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT PLANNING; ADENOCARCINOMA; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; IMAGE PROCESSING; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 32944462041     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2005.01499.x     Document Type: Article

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