Breast cancer presenting as unilateral arm edema

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 675-676

  Zakaria, Shaheen ^a   Johnson, Ruth ^a   Pockaj, Barbara A ^b   Degnim, Amy C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Diagnosis; Lymphedema

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VEIN THROMBOSIS; ARM; BREAST TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; ARM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA;

EID: 34250320518     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-006-0077-0     Document Type: Article

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