Immediate surgical resection of residual microcalcifications after a diagnosis of pure flat epithelial atypia on core biopsy: A word of caution

Surgical Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 243-246

  Noël, Jean Christophe ^a   Buxant, Frédéric ^a   Engohan Aloghe, Corinne ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Breast; Management; Pure flat epithelial atypia; Surgical resection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CALCIFICATION; EPITHELIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE FLAT EPITHELIAL ATYPIA; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77957806922     PISSN: 09607404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suronc.2009.08.002     Document Type: Review

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