Seminars in Roentgenology
Volume 42, Issue 4 , Pages 208-210 , October 2007

Case of the Season: Primary Angiosarcoma of the Breast: Correlative Imaging and Pathology

  • Natalya M. Lvoff, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Natalya M. Lvoff, MD, Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0628, San Francisco, CA 94143.
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  • Jessica W.T. Leung, MD

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PII: S0037-198X(07)00036-3

doi: 10.1053/j.ro.2007.06.002

Seminars in Roentgenology
Volume 42, Issue 4 , Pages 208-210 , October 2007

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