title: Image-guided breast biopsy.
abstract: Image-guided breast biopsy has become an attractive alternative to wire-localized excisional biopsy to evaluate women with nonpalpable abnormalities detected by breast imaging. We have organized a database from our institution that includes over 3,500 procedures. We have reviewed our institutional results and the literature pertaining to image-guided breast biopsy. Discussed in this review are the indications and contraindications for image-guided biopsy, common techniques employed, accuracy based on pathology, reimbursement issues, and the multidisciplinary approach used at our institution. The results of our review affirm our position that image-guided breast biopsy is the preferred technique to evaluate women with nonpalpable breast imaging abnormalities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Ochsner Clinic, Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, 1514 Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Fuhrman
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000379:methods; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods