A case of massive axillary lymphadenopathy

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 824-825

  Koustais, Stavros ^a   Omundsen, Mark ^a   Gaskell, David ^a  

^a HUTT HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; AXILLARY MASS; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOMA; MAMMOGRAPHY; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

AGED; AXILLA; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 50249184762     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2008.04665.x     Document Type: Letter

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