What is the diagnostic value of nipple discharge cytology and galactography in detecting duct pathology?

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 543-546

  Carvalho, M J ^a   Dias, M ^a   Goncalo M ^a   Fernandes, G ^a   Rodrigues, V ^b   De Oliveira, C F ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Breast diseases; Breast fluid cytology; Galactography; Nipple discharge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST ADENOMA; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISCHARGE; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST DUCT; BREAST DUCT ECTASIA; BREAST PAPILLOMA; BREAST POTENTIAL MALIGNANT TRANSFORMING LESION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXCISION; FEMALE; GALACTOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NIPPLE ASPIRATE FLUID; PAPILLOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350046708     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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