Radiological evaluation of primary breast sarcoidosis presenting as bilateral breast lesions

Joana Reis1, Joao Boavida1, Marianne Lyngra1

  • 1Radiology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway.

BMJ Case Reports
|July 29, 2019
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