Needle-Localized Biopsy of Occult Breast Lesions
| Autor: | Ostrow Lb, DuBois Jj, Hoefer Ra, William E. Brant |
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| Rok vydání: | 1987 |
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Risk Breast biopsy medicine.medical_specialty Breast Neoplasms Modified Radical Mastectomy Malignancy Lesion Breast cancer Biopsy medicine Humans Mammography Prospective Studies Aged Neoplasm Staging medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Biopsy Needle General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Evaluation Studies as Topic Female Radiology medicine.symptom Breast carcinoma business |
| Zdroj: | Southern Medical Journal. 80:29-32 |
| ISSN: | 0038-4348 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/00007611-198701000-00007 |
| Popis: | Over a 3 1/2-year period, we did 121 needle-localized breast biopsies for nonpalpable, mammographically suggestive lesions. The presence of a mass lesion on mammography with or without microcalcifications was associated with malignancy more frequently than microcalcifications alone. In 15 cases (12.4%), biopsy showed malignancy; 13 patients had modified radical mastectomy, with 11 (85%) having no histologic evidence of axillary metastases. Evaluation of risk factors associated with breast cancer in those patients with positive biopsy results showed that advanced age and a past history of a breast cancer were present in a significant number of patients. Four patients (3.5%) had complications; a hematoma developed in one (0.8%), and three (2.7%) required a second biopsy to remove the suggestive mammographic lesion. We conclude that needle-localized breast biopsy is a reliable tool in detecting early breast carcinoma. The procedure causes only minimal morbidity and we believe it should be done in all patients with mammographically suggestive, nonpalpable breast lesions. |
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