Co-existing tubercular axillary lymphadenitis with carcinoma breast can falsely over-stage the disease - case series

Indian Journal of Tuberculosis

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 104-107

  Munjal, Kavita ^a   Jain, Vishal K ^a   Agrawal, Ashish ^a   Bandi, Prasann K ^a  

^a SRI AUROBINDO INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Axillary tubercular lymphadenitis; Carcinoma breast

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; SKIN ULCER; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE;

EID: 78649573704     PISSN: 00195707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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