Preoperative localization of occult lesions of the breast.
An outpatient procedure that accurately localizes occult lesions of the breast has been used in 26 patients. A small biopsy is performed using local anesthesia, the excised specimen is xerographed and, if necessary, bread-loafed to identify the involved specimen. This has corroborated the xeromammographic diagnosis of cancer in six patients in whom the lesions were clinically not detectable.
D001706:Biopsy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D014986:Xeroradiography / Q000379:methods*