title: Non palpable breast lesions: preoperative sonographic localization.
abstract: From 1987 to 1992 at our Institute, 253 patients with non palpable breast lesions (NBPL) underwent a surgical excision. Fifty-one lesions (19.7%) were localized by an injection of a sterile 3% charcoal suspension under sonographic guide. The sonographic features of NBPL were classified as follows: positive in one case (2%), doubtful in 31 cases (60%) and negative in 19 cases (38%). According to our data the preoperative sonographic localization is a useful alternative procedure to stereotactis mammography in case of breast masses and/or areas of increased tissue density or distorted breast architecture.
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgical Oncology, National Institute for Cancer Research, Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Canavese
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Catturich
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vecchio
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tomei
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Estienne
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Massa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Parodi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bruzzone
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Imperiale
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sardanelli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography