title: Stereotaxic localization for fine-needle aspiration breast biopsy. Initial experience with 300 patients.
abstract: The efficacy of stereotaxic aspiration biopsy was evaluated in 300 consecutive patients with nonpalpable mammographic lesions. Sixty-eight patients (23%) had suspicious or malignant aspirates; all cases were proved malignant by subsequent examination of operative specimens. Two hundred sixteen patients (72%) had benign aspirates. Of these, 65 were confirmed by operation and 151 had subsequent mammography at 6- and 12-month intervals with no demonstrable mammographic change. In 10 instances (3%), the aspirates were atypical, and in six (2%), nondiagnostic. Biopsy specimens were obtained in all 16 instances, and eight were malignant. The sensitivity of stereotaxic breast aspiration for the diagnosis of cancer was 96%, and the specificity was 100%. Our experience confirms the efficacy of stereotaxic aspiration for the initial evaluation of mammographically detected, nonpalpable lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kaplan Cancer Center, Tisch Hospital, New York, NY.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Mitnick
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Vazquez
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Roses
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gianutsos
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Waisman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology*; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques