Primary actinomycosis of the breast masquerading as malignancy: Diagnosis by fine needle aspiration cytology

Breast Care

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-154

  Gupta, Chinky ^a   Singh, Prem ^a   Bedi, Sanjay ^a   Kapur, Kalyani ^a  

^a MAHARISHI MARKANDESHWAR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Actinomycosis; Breast; Cytology; Malignancy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST ACTINOMYCOSIS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CYTOLOGY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LETTER; MASTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84861404434     PISSN: 16613791     EISSN: 16613805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000337774     Document Type: Letter

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