Necrotizing infection of the breast mimicking carcinoma

Breast Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 266-267

  Rajakannu, Muthukumarasamy ^a,b   Kate, Vikram ^a   Ananthakrishnan, N ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Breast; Carcinoma; Mastitis; Soft tissue infection

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST NECROSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MASTALGIA; MASTITIS; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PUS; SEPSIS; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SYMPTOM;

BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FASCIA; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646265294     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1075-122X.2006.00253.x     Document Type: Article

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