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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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Autores principales: Savaridas, S L, Bristow, G D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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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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.
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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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