title: Ultrasound for guidance of breast mass removal.
abstract: Hand-held sonomammography was used intraoperatively to localize 52 masses in 45 women in an out patient operating suite. All but five women had a positive X-ray mammogram. The ultrasound mammogram was able to identify all lesions. In 42 women studied by a preoperative ultrasound examination before the operating room procedure, all the masses were successfully identified. Precise localization was successfully performed in the operating room before sterile preparation in less than 10 minutes. Relocalization after incision in the sterile operating field was necessary in two cases. This technique requires no ionizing radiation and expedites outpatient surgical removal of the lesion. Of the 52 masses, there were 32 fibroadenomas, three carcinomas, three cysts, six cases of focal fibrous mastitis, and eight patients with focal fibrocystic disease. In patients with positive sonograms for nonpalpable masses, ultrasound localization is a fast, accurate alternative to X-ray needle placement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Rifkin
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Pasto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vilaro
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Needleman
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Kurtz
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pennell
authors.forename: O H
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Baltarowich
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Goldberg
mesh_terms: D000232:Adenofibroma / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D001706:Biopsy; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005348:Fibrocystic Breast Disease / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography