The incidence and outcome of incidental breast lesions detected by computed tomography

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 124-126

  Hussain, A ^a   Gordon Dixon, A ^a   Almusawy, H ^a   Sinha, P ^a   Desai, A ^a  

^a South London Healthcare NHS Trust Farnborough Common   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast lesion; Chest computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ultrasound scan

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77951233960     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588410X12518836439083     Document Type: Article

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