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2014331

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-5-13
pubmed:abstractText
The use of mammography as a screening examination has considerably increased our ability to detect non-palpable breast lesions less than 1 cm phi. A conclusive diagnosis frequently requires surgical biopsy. However, breast lesions can be localized prior to surgical biopsy by placing a wire in the lesion, with/without the use of stereotaxic equipment. Our method for lesion localization consisted in acquiring two orthogonal radiographs (cranio-caudal and latero-lateral) centered on the nipple. We used 20-21 G needles, 6-10 cm long, with curved-end wire. Mammographic findings possibly suggesting cancer were: microcalcifications, nodules, spiculated opacities, and architectural distortions. From January 1987 to January 1990, 223 patients were submitted to needle localization of breast lesions under mammographic guidance and without stereotaxic equipment. Sixty-seven cases (30%) were positive for malignancy, with a 2.3:1 benign/malignant ratio. Patients' age ranged 30-70 years, but most of them were 50-60 years old. No significant complications were observed: in one case only the hook wire broke, within breast parenchyma, which was at any rate resected together with the surgical specimen.
pubmed:language
ita
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0033-8362
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
81
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
269-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-10-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
[Experience with more than 200 cases of breast biopsy after preoperative spatial localization without radiostereotaxic equipment].
pubmed:affiliation
Istituto di Scienze Radiologiche, C. Bompiani, Università, Sassari.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract