Probably benign breast lesions on ultrasonography: A retrospective review of ultrasonographic features and clinical factors affecting the BI-RADS categorization

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 375-382

  Moon, Hee Jung ^a   Kim, Min Jung ^a   Kwak, Jin Young ^a   Kim, Eun Kyung ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Imaging sequences; Knee; MRI

Indexed keywords

BENIGN LESION; BI-RADS; BREAST LESION; CLINICAL PRACTICES; IMAGING SEQUENCE; LESION SIZE; SOLID MASS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BREAST TUMOR; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PALPATION; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 77950977066     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841851003662780     Document Type: Article

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