title: Nonpalpable breast microcalcifications: frequency, management, and results of incisional biopsy.
abstract: In a series of 500 consecutive needle localizations, there were 165 biopsies for benign microcalcifications without a mass. An incisional biopsy was performed in 49 of these cases (30%). Follow-up mammograms were available for review in 39 of the cases. The average length of follow-up was 32 months. In no case did malignancy develop at the biopsy site. When an incisional biopsy is performed, careful follow-up mammography is an alternative to a repeated needle localization and biopsy in selected cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, New England Medical Center Hospitals, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Homer
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003949:Diagnostic Techniques, Surgical; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D008327:Mammography; D008679:Metaplasia; D010212:Papilloma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery