False-positive breast screening to fat necrosis following mammography

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 217-219

  Cawson, Jennifer N ^a,b   Malara, Frank A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b St Vincent's BreastScreen   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Fat necrosis; Haematoma; Mammography; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FAT NECROSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FAT NECROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 3843144008     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2004.01301.x     Document Type: Article

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