Axillary and intramammary lymphadenopathy caused by Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease mimicking malignant lymphoma

Breast Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 97-101

  Ohta, Kouji ^a   Endo, Naoki ^a   Kaizaki, Yasuharu ^a  

^a Fukui Prefectural Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis; Intramammary lymph node; Kikuchi Fujimoto disease

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; AXILLARY LYMPHADENOPATHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAMAMMARY LYMPHADENOPATHY; KIKUCHI DISEASE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTIC NECROTIZING LYMPHADENITIS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; LYMPHOMA; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 84872598438     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12282-009-0182-0     Document Type: Article

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