An improved needle for localization of nonpalpable breast lesions.
The author describes an inexpensive 22-gauge flat head needle which permits rapid and virtually painless preoperative localization of nonpalpable breast lesions. The lesion is transfixed and anchored by the needle to the skin after a mammogram is obtained.
D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography