Isolated primary breast tuberculosis - Report of three cases and review of the Literature

Clinics

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 607-610

  Sen, Meral ^a   Gorpelioglu, Canan ^a   Bozer, Mikdat ^a  

^a FATIH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREAST TUMOR; CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS MASTITIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS MASTITIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 68949132461     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322009000600019     Document Type: Letter

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