Primary actinomycosis of the breast presenting as a breast mass

Breast Care

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-107

  Salmasi, Amirahmad ^a   Asgari, Mehdi ^a   Khodadadi, Nasrin ^a   Rezaee, Alireza ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Actinomyces israelii; Actinomycosis; Breast; Breast mass

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77952789890     PISSN: 16613791     EISSN: 16613805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000301599     Document Type: Article

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