Effectiveness of "core biopsy" by the mammotome device for diagnosis of inflammatory carcinoma.
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.
Meloni
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GB
Institute of Radiology, University of Sassari, Italy.
Dessole
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Becchere
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MP
Soro
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D
Profili
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S
Cherchi
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PL
Cossu Rocca
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P
Canalis
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GC
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged