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Mesothelioma presenting as a breast lump: when is a breast lump not a breast lesion?
A case of mesothelioma presenting as a breast lump. Relevant imaging is reviewed and the differential diagnoses discussed. The absence of the pectoralis muscle on mammogram is a potentially ominous sign which should not be assumed to be due to technical factors.
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The British Institute of Radiology
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6180819/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30363543 http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20150003 |
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author | Savaridas, S L Bristow, G D |
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description | A case of mesothelioma presenting as a breast lump. Relevant imaging is reviewed and the differential diagnoses discussed. The absence of the pectoralis muscle on mammogram is a potentially ominous sign which should not be assumed to be due to technical factors. |
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spelling | pubmed-61808192018-10-25 Mesothelioma presenting as a breast lump: when is a breast lump not a breast lesion? Savaridas, S L Bristow, G D BJR Case Rep Case Report A case of mesothelioma presenting as a breast lump. Relevant imaging is reviewed and the differential diagnoses discussed. The absence of the pectoralis muscle on mammogram is a potentially ominous sign which should not be assumed to be due to technical factors. The British Institute of Radiology 2015-07-17 /pmc/articles/PMC6180819/ /pubmed/30363543 http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20150003 Text en © 2015 The Authors. Published by the British Institute of Radiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Savaridas, S L Bristow, G D Mesothelioma presenting as a breast lump: when is a breast lump not a breast lesion? |
title | Mesothelioma presenting as a breast lump: when is a breast lump not a breast lesion? |
title_full | Mesothelioma presenting as a breast lump: when is a breast lump not a breast lesion? |
title_fullStr | Mesothelioma presenting as a breast lump: when is a breast lump not a breast lesion? |
title_full_unstemmed | Mesothelioma presenting as a breast lump: when is a breast lump not a breast lesion? |
title_short | Mesothelioma presenting as a breast lump: when is a breast lump not a breast lesion? |
title_sort | mesothelioma presenting as a breast lump: when is a breast lump not a breast lesion? |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6180819/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30363543 http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20150003 |
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