Sonographically guided percutaneous excision of clinically benign breast masses.
OBJECTIVE
To report our experience with a vacuum-assisted biopsy device system in percutaneous excision of clinically benign breast masses under sonographic guidance.


METHODS
Percutaneous removal of 79 masses in 58 patients was performed with a vacuum-assisted biopsy device under sonographic guidance from April 2008 to September 2008. The lesions were category 3 lesions on sonogram, according to Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (n = 74), or had been confirmed as benign by a previous core needle biopsy (n = 5).


RESULTS
All procedures were technically successful. Confirmed as benign were 98.7% (78/79) lesions on pathology after resection, and 93.7% (74/79) lesions were excised completely as demonstrated by follow-up sonographic examination. The duration of the procedure ranged from 2 to 19 minutes (mean ± SD, 9.6 ± 9.3).


CONCLUSIONS
Percutaneous excision using a vacuum-assisted biopsy device is an alternative to surgical excision of benign breast masses.
Department of Ultrasound, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, 28 Fuxing Road, Beijing, 100853, China.
Zhi Li
ZL
Wang
Gang
G
Liu
Jun Lai
JL
Li
Qian
Q
Ding
Li
L
Su
Jie
J
Tang
Lin
L
Ma
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary / Q000379:methods*; D014618:Vacuum; D055815:Young Adult