Is cytology useful in the diagnostic workup of male breast lesions? A retrospective study over a 16-year period and review of the recent literature

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 259-264

  Wauters, Carla A P ^a   Kooistra, Bauke W ^a   De Kievit Van Der Heijden, Ineke M ^a   Strobbe, Luc J A ^a  

^a CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Breast cancer; Breast diseases; Fine needle; Men's health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST FIBROSIS; BREAST LESION; BREAST LIPOMA; BREAST METASTASIS; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GYNECOMASTIA; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTITIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 77953209890     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325032     Document Type: Article

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