A rare cause of breast mass that mimics carcinoma: Foreign body reaction to amorphous surgical material

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 119, Issue 15-16, 2007, Pages 497-499

  Yazici, Burhan ^a   Sever, Ali Riza ^a   Mills, Philippa ^a   Fish, David ^a   Jones, Susan ^a   Jones, Peter ^a  

^a MAIDSTONE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast; Foreign body granuloma; Mass

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST CYST; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; GAUZE DRESSING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAMMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROFLAVINE; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL SPONGES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 34548536307     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-007-0835-y     Document Type: Article

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