Breast MRI for evaluating patients with metastatic axillary lymph node and initially negative mammography and sonography

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 382-389

  Eun, Young Ko ^a   Han, Boo Kyung ^a   Jung, Hee Shin ^a   Seok, Seon Kang ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Axilla; Breast neoplasms; Breast, MR; Lymph nodes

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BIOPSY; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BIOPSY; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA, LARGE B-CELL, DIFFUSE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 36248971787     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2007.8.5.382     Document Type: Article

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