title: [Interventional methods in diagnostics of the breast -- a new vacuum biopsy system for the breast in routine clinical practice].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the diagnostic potential of the new vacuum-assisted method VacuFlash (VF) in clinical routine of breast diagnostics.
  
  
  METHODS
  From april 2002 to march 2003, the new sonographically guided vacuum-assisted system VacuFlash was used in 75 patients with a BI-RADS 5 lesion (analogue). The patients were aged between 31-75 yrs (median: 51 yrs), the size of the lesions measured 8-33 mm (median: 14 mm). 5 specimens were taken from each lesion.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 69 of the 75 lesions (92 %, respectively), malignancy was confirmed. In 8 lesions (8 %, resp.), we found a benign histology, confirmed by consecutive surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The new vacuum-assisted device VacuFlash is a technically perfected and applicable diagnostic method. Especially in the view of the cost it has to be compared with high-speed core cut biopsy, the hand-held Mammotome system and open surgical biopsy. High-speed core cut biopsy seems to be the standard procedure in diagnostic percutaneous breast intervention to clarify sonographically detected breast lesions.
authors.affiliation: Radiologisches Institut der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. Ruediger.Schulz-wendtland@idr.imed.uni-erlangen.de
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schulz-Wendtland
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wenkel
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Imhoff
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bani
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bock
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Degenhardt
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bautz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001940:Breast / Q000166:cytology* / Q000473:pathology; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary; D014618:Vacuum