Breast mass or sternalis muscle?
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چکیده
This is the first description of the sternalis muscle being found among the cadavers used during the last two decades in the dissection laboratories of the San Juan Bautista School of Medicine.
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Mammographic features of the sternalis muscle.
PURPOSE To evaluate the mammographic findings of the sternalis muscle and discuss appropriate diagnostic approaches. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ten years of records from our mammography unit were retrospectively examined for the presence of the sternalis muscle. This variant was seen in 10 women out of the 52,930 examined, and the mammograms of these patients were reevaluated. The size, shape and ...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Puerto Rico health sciences journal
دوره 27 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008