title: [Stereotaxic breast microhistology].
abstract: Mammography is currently the most reliable imaging technique to detect clinically occult breast cancer. Stereotaxic-guided aspiration biopsy during mammography allows lesion nature to be diagnosed in many cases. Our experience with 72 microhistologic breast samplings with fine-needle aspiration cytology is reported; 50% of inadequate cytologic samplings were avoided. Adequate cytologic samples were obtained in 88.9% of cases, while microhistologic samples were adequate in 94.4% of cases. Inadequate samples were 11.1% and 5.6%, respectively. Microhistologic biopsies yielded fewer questionable results than fine-needle aspiration cytology, which helped reduce the number of unnecessary biopsies. This method, which is reliable and well tolerated by the patients, can be considered as a valuable alternative procedure to fine-needle aspiration cytology.
authors.affiliation: Servizio di Diagnostica per Immagini, USL 21 Fermo (AP).
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Macchini
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Baffoni
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Natale
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Totò
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zaccarelli
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Scartozzi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques
vernacular_title: Microistologia mammaria nella stereotassi.