[MR-guided vacuum assisted breast biopsy].
OBJECTIVE
This prospective study was undertaken to determine the feasibility of MR-guided vacuum assisted breast biopsy with the Vacora-vacuum-biopsy system for histological evaluation of suspicious lesions in MR-mammography.


METHODS
During 3 months MR-guided vacuum assisted breast biopsy was indicated in 12 patients with suspicious lesions in MR-mammography.


RESULTS
MR-guided vacuum assisted breast biopsy with the Vacora-vacuum-biopsy system could be performed in 9 of 12 patients. In 2 patients the lesions could not be identified at the time of the intervention. In one patient the intervention could not be performed due to obesity. Histopathology revealed benign lesions in 8 patients and malignancy in one patient. In one of the cases with benign histology, the biopsy specimen was not representative for the lesion.


CONCLUSIONS
MR-guided vacuum assisted breast biopsy with Vacora-vacuum-biopsy is technical feasible can be performed with a low complication rate.
Hauth
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Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie und Neuroradiologie, Universitätsklinikum Essen. elke.hauth@uni-essen.de
Reiter
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Hoffmann
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Otterbach
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Kimmig
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Forsting
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014054:Tomography; D014618:Vacuum