Mammographic Features of Hidradenitis Suppurativa
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Mammographic Features of Hidradenitis Suppurativa
Hidradenitis suppurativa is a chronic suppurative inflammation of the apocrine sweat glands. Axillary, inframammary, intermammary, and peri-areolar apocrine gland involvement may be visualized mammographically. Characteristic lesions tend to be round or oval, lucent, and smooth-bordered, with or without central densities. While diagnosis made purely via mammography is unlikely, having an awaren...
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عنوان ژورنال: Open Journal of Radiology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2164-3024,2164-3032
DOI: 10.4236/ojrad.2012.24023