title: [Breast biopsy technique].
abstract: The authors remind the fundamental bases of a successful needle puncture, both for cytological and histological purposes. Their different methods of puncture are described and for each modality, practical advice is aiming at increasing the cellular or tissular component of the samples are given.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie et d'Imagerie Médicale, Cliniques Universitaires St Luc, Bruxelles.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schillings
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mazy
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mazy
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology*; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary
vernacular_title: Techniques de cytoponction mammaire.