Breast cystic lesions: Not so simple after all? An ultrasonographic tactical approach

Anca Ileana Ciurea1, Cătălin George Iacoban2, Hanelore Argentina Herţa3

  • 1Department of Radiology, "Iuliu Hațieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. ancaciurea@hotmail.com.

Medical Ultrasonography
|February 6, 2018
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