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Atypical Presentation of Infiltrating Mucinous Carcinoma of the Breast
A Closer Look
Fed Pract. 2008 November;25(11):16
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Bradley W. Hickey, MD, Grant E. Lattin, Jr., MD, and Jane W. Chan, MD
Dr. Hickey is an undersea medical officer at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center, Panama City, FL. Dr. Lattin is a resident physician and Dr. Chan is the chief of mammography, both in the department of radiology at David Grant U.S. Air Force Medical Center, Travis Air Force Base, CA.
Mammography and ultrasonography helped to identify a mass in this patient’s breast, and histopathologic examination led to the diagnosis of an unusual breast cancer variant.