title: Displacement of microcalcifications during stereotactic 11-gauge directional vacuum-assisted biopsy with marking clip placement: case report.
abstract: A 53-year-old woman with right breast microcalcifications of intermediate concern underwent stereotactic directional vacuum-assisted biopsy with marking clip placement. Postbiopsy mammograms showed displacement of a few of the targeted microcalcifications adjacent to misplaced marker clips. Mammography following stereotactic breast biopsy is important to document the location and number of residual calcifications and to determine the adequacy and location of clip placement.
authors.affiliation: Breast Imaging Center, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 1100 Walnut St, M.O.B./Ground Level, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA. seraph99@flash.net
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Piccoli
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Hughes
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology*; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D008875:Middle Aged; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques; D014618:Vacuum