Male breast cancer presenting as an axillary mass: A case report and literature review

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 736-737

  Schneider, Stacie ^a   Sariego, Jack ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axillary mass; Breast cancer; Male

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN P53;

AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; AXILLARY MASS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; INCISION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MALE BREAST; MASTECTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; LYMPH NODE; PATHOLOGY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MASTECTOMY, MODIFIED RADICAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 67650296957     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181a93d7f     Document Type: Article

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