Tissue compression is not necessary for needle-localized lesion identification
| Autor: | Michael D. Stone, Sidney Pollack, Jane E. Méndez, Manuel Raagas, James C. Padussis, Daniel O’Connor, Deborah Richard-Kowalski, Deborah ter Meulen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Breast biopsy
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Radiography Biopsy Needle Tissue compression Breast Neoplasms General Medicine medicine.disease Specimen Handling Lesion Breast cancer Localized Lesion medicine Humans Surgery Female Radiology Target Lesion Identification Breast medicine.symptom Specimen radiography business |
| Zdroj: | American journal of surgery. 190(4) |
| ISSN: | 0002-9610 |
| Popis: | Background Tissue compression to enhance lesion visibility on radiography of needle-localized breast biopsy specimens is widely used. We hypothesized that compression is not necessary for detection of lesions on specimen radiography. Methods Forty-nine consecutive patients underwent needle-localization biopsies of 59 mammographic targets. All specimens were radiographed without and with compression. The films were later independently reviewed and compared with preoperative mammograms by 2 surgeons and a breast-imaging radiologist. The primary end point was identification of mammographic targets in noncompressed specimen radiographs. Results Twenty-nine targets were masses, 36 contained calcifications, and 14 contained previously placed clips. All mammographically localized lesions were identified on noncompressed views. Overall concordance for the 2 images was 100% for all 3 reviewers and 98% among reviewers. Conclusions Tissue compression before specimen radiography is not routinely necessary for target lesion identification. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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