title: Stereotactically guided needle biopsy of the breast for nonpalpable lesions.
abstract: Stereotactically guided needle biopsy of the breast is a new diagnostic technique in this country to obtain samples of a nonpalpable area deemed suspicious for malignancy on mammography. This article is a review of the literature, a report of a case, and a description of the technique. This procedure, when performed with a large core biopsy needle, appears to be about as accurate as surgical biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Baptist Medical Center of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City 73112.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Harolds
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques