Mucinous carcinoma of the breast: MRI features of pure and mixed forms with histopathologic correlation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Monzawa, Shuichi ^a,b   Yokokawa, Masaki ^a,c   Sakuma, Toshiko ^a   Takao, Shintaro ^a   Hirokaga, Koichi ^a   Hanioka, Keisuke ^a   Adachi, Shuji ^a  

^a HYOGO CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b Akashi Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast; Dynamic imaging; MRI; Mucinous carcinoma; Neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; CALCIFICATION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 63049094223     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.4021     Document Type: Article

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