Granular cell tumor of the breast: A case report describing dynamic MR mammography

Breast Cancer

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-182

  Okada, Kazuya ^a   Ozeki, Kazuyuki ^a   Ishida, Tamotsu ^a   Isomoto, Ichiro ^b   Matsuo, Takeshi ^c   Mochinaga, Nobuo ^a  

^a Imari Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b National Saga Hospital   (Japan)

^c Department of Pathology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast tumor; Dynamic MR mammography; Granular cell tumor

Indexed keywords

EID: 5844400009     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02966692     Document Type: Article

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