Should we be analysing breast reduction specimens? A systematic analysis of over 1,000 consecutive cases

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1105-1113

  Hassan, Faiza E ^a   Pacifico, Marc D ^b  

^a BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast pathology; Breast reduction; Macromastia; Occult carcinoma; Reconstructive procedures; Reduction mammaplasty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872338365     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-012-9919-9     Document Type: Article

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