title: Non-palpable mammographic abnormalities.
abstract: The radiological characteristics of non-palpable mammographic abnormalities are reviewed and their diagnostic limitations discussed. Alternative methods of detection and diagnosis are reviewed. The development of needle localization for non-palpable mammographic abnormalities is traced from the initial crude excisions through to stereotactic needle localization. Non-palpable carcinomas have a greater proportion of favourable histopathologies. However, the preferred management of these early lesions has yet to be determined.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Surgery, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Aitken
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Chetty
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D008403:Mass Screening