Incidental breast lesions detected on CT: What is their significance?

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 83, Issue 987, 2010, Pages 233-240

  Moyle, P ^a   Sonoda, L ^a   Britton, P ^a   Sinnatamby, R ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST EXAMINATION; BREAST LESION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT REFERRAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77749292268     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/58729988     Document Type: Article

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