title: Interventional breast sonography.
abstract: This review article covers the basic applications of and latest developments in interventional breast sonography (US). For breast masses, US has become the standard for guiding needle biopsy, whether a fine needle or a core biopsy needle is used. US has also become the preferred method for guiding insertion of various localization devices for nonpalpable masses, and US's intraoperative use for this purpose is expanding. Recently, US has been used to monitor the placement of percutaneous ablation devices, such as radiofrequency ablation needle-electrodes, into breast masses, including carcinomas. US is not indicated for the routine evaluation of microcalcifications. However, on occasion, clusters of microcalcifications without a mass can be visualized on sonograms with sufficient clarity to undertake a US-guided core biopsy if stereotactically guided biopsy cannot be performed for technical reasons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Box 57, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA. bfornage@di.mdacc.tmc.edu
authors.forename: Bruno D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Fornage
authors.forename: Nour
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sneige
authors.forename: Beth S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Edeiken
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D011300:Preoperative Care; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; D013396:Suction; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary / Q000379:methods*