Flat epithelial atypia of the breast on core needle biopsy: An indication for surgical excision

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1347-1350

  Sohn, Vance ^a   Porta, Rees ^b   Brown, Tommy ^c  

^a Bassett Army Community Hospital   (United States)

^b MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST TUMOR; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 80355145138     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-11-00088     Document Type: Review

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