Mammary angiosarcoma in two patients at either end of the age spectrum

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-144

  Lai, Miranda HY ^a   Lui, C Y ^b  

^a UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Hemangiosarcoma; Neoplasm metastasis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST SARCOMA; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER SIZE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MASTECTOMY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP; ADOLESCENT; AGE; BREAST TUMOR; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 77954515016     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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