Coexistence of breast cancer metastases and tuberculosis in axillary lymph nodes - a rare association and review of the literature

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 608-613

  Salemis, Nikolaos S ^a   Razou, Anna ^a  

^a 401 GENERAL MILITARY HOSPITAL OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph nodes; Breast cancer; Granuloma; Metastasis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE;

EID: 77954702613     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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