Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology
Volume 38, Issue 4 , Pages 189-197 , July 2009

The Great Mimicker: Fat Necrosis of the Breast—Magnetic Resonance Mammography Approach

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PII: S0363-0188(09)00005-X

doi: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2009.01.001

Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology
Volume 38, Issue 4 , Pages 189-197 , July 2009