Stereotactic breast biopsy of clustered microcalcifications with a directional, vacuum-assisted device.
- 1 August 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 204 (2) , 575-576
- https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.204.2.9240556
Abstract
The success rate with the traditional 14-gauge, core-biopsy, multiple-pass technique was compared with that of a directional vacuum-assisted device in sampling calcification clusters in the breast. Of the 130 focal calcification clusters sampled with the multiple-pass technique, 12 clusters (9.2%) had no particles depicted on radiographs of the specimen. Specimens from all 106 (100%) clusters sampled with the directional, vacuum-assisted instrument contained calcifications at radiography. The directional, vacuum-assisted device improved the ability to percutaneously sample breast calcifications.Keywords
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