Non-invasive ultrasound localization of impalpable breast lesions.
Thirty patients presenting through the Breast Screening Programme with impalpable breast abnormalities clearly visible on ultrasound, underwent non-invasive ultrasound localization. The patient was scanned so that the ultrasound abnormality lay below the probe and the skin at this site marked with a skin marker. In all cases the abnormality was easily identified and removed at surgery. All the surgical biopsies contained either a carcinoma (17 cases) or fibroadenoma (13 cases). This non-invasive technique is a simple and accurate method for localizing small ultrasonically visible breast abnormalities.
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital of South Manchester.
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Wilson
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Boggis
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Mansel
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Harland
D000236:Adenoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary