Venous congestion of the breast mimicking inflammatory breast cancer: Case report and review of literature

Breast Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-101

  Blum, Craig ^a   Baker, Megan ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central vein stenosis; Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis; Unilateral breast edema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIALYSIS; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VASCULAR ACCESS; VENOUS CONGESTION;

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEINS; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 37849036000     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2007.00530.x     Document Type: Article

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