Sarcoidosis of the breast: A rare case report and a review

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 47-50

  Fiorucci, Fabio ^b   Conti, V ^b   Lucantoni, G ^b   Patrizi, A ^b   Fiorucci, C ^a   Giannunzio, G ^b   Di Michele, L ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast; Noncaseating granuloma; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; PATIENT MONITORING; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

BIOPSY; BREAST DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 33646392737     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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