title: Mammography-guided stereotactic fine needle aspiration cytology of breast lesions.
abstract: The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of mammographic guided stereotactic fine needle aspiration cytology in 136 patients with breast lesions including mammographic features, cytomorphological findings and nuclear grading in malignant cases. Majority of the cases were predictable correctly by combination of the three modalities of diagnosis viz, clinical examination, mammography and cytology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, JN Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University.
authors.forename: S Shamshad
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: Kafil
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akhtar
authors.forename: Andleeb
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abrari
authors.lastname: Ritanjaya
authors.forename: Ibne
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: Tariq
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mansoor
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003584:Cytological Techniques; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques