Impalpable breast abnormalities. Contribution of cytologic puncture under stereotaxic guidance. Apropos of 159 cases

The authors report the results of a cooperative study of X ray guided fine needle aspiration for the cytologic diagnosis of non palpable breast lesions. They discuss the limits of this method. In 60% of 159 cases cytologic examination was diagnosis. In their series, no false positive was reported bu...

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Published in:	Journal de radiologie Vol. 70; no. 8-9; p. 443
Main Authors:	Travade, A, Isnard, A, Gimbergues, H
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	French
Published:	France 01-08-1989
Subjects:	Biopsy, Needle Breast Diseases - pathology Breast Neoplasms - pathology Evaluation Studies as Topic Female Humans Stereotaxic Techniques
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Summary:	The authors report the results of a cooperative study of X ray guided fine needle aspiration for the cytologic diagnosis of non palpable breast lesions. They discuss the limits of this method. In 60% of 159 cases cytologic examination was diagnosis. In their series, no false positive was reported but in 64 cases no sufficient material was obtained.
ISSN:	0221-0363