Clinical Radiology
Volume 61, Issue 8 , Pages 686-690 , August 2006

Does the insertion of more than one wire allow successful excision of large clusters of malignant calcification?

  • C.M. Cordiner

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Radiology
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: C.M. Cordiner, The West of Scotland Breast Screening Service, 77 Stock Exchange Court, Nelson Mandela Place, Glasgow G2 1QT, UK. Tel.: +44 141 572 5829; fax: +44 141 572 5801.
    • ,
  • J.C. Litherland

      Affiliations

    • The West of Scotland Breast Screening Service, Glasgow, UK
    • ,
  • I.E. Young

      Affiliations

    • Surgery, Western Infirmary

Received 16 August 2005 ,Revised 7 February 2006 ,Accepted 28 February 2006.

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PII: S0009-9260(06)00097-3

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2006.02.009

Clinical Radiology
Volume 61, Issue 8 , Pages 686-690 , August 2006

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