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PALPABLE [1 record]

Record 1 2007-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
DEF

Perceptible to touch; capable of being palpated [during examination].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
DEF

Qui est perceptible par la palpation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Procedimientos diagnósticos (Medicina)
DEF

Que puede tocarse con las manos.

CONT

La ecografía es útil para diferenciar entre masas mamarias sólidas y quísticas, o cuando una masa palpable no es vista en la mamografía, sobre todo en el caso de mujeres jóvenes con tejido mamario denso.

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