Preoperative localization of occult breast lesions: a new technic.
Percutaneous needle placement before biopsy is a simple method of localizing occult breast lesions found by mammography. A biopsy of the exact area within the breast is done. Specimen radiography assures that the correct area is included for histologic study.
D001706:Biopsy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D009339:Needles