title: Effectiveness of "core biopsy" by the mammotome device for diagnosis of inflammatory carcinoma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the usefulness of "Mammotome" device for the diagnosis of the inflammatory breast carcinoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  We studied 6 patients, aged 43-79 years, with clinical evidence of inflammatory breast carcinoma. We compared two sampling techniques, a cytologic one by Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) and a microhistologic one by "Mammotome".
  
  
  RESULTS
  Cytologic sampling by FNA permitted certain diagnosis of malignant lesions in 2 out of 6 cases, while the "Mammotome" device confirmed the correct diagnosis in all 6 considered cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The "Mammotome" device proved more useful in the diagnosis of inflammatory breast carcinoma than FNA and it can be a valide alternative to surgical biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Radiology, University of Sassari, Italy.
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Meloni
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dessole
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Becchere
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Soro
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Profili
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Cherchi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cossu Rocca
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Canalis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged