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Prebiopsy localization of nonpalpable breast lesions

Zulfiqar A 1 , Param V 2 , Meah FA 1 , Nair S 2 , Siti-Aishah MA 1 , Norizan A 2

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Radiology, Medical Faculty, Universiti Kebangsaan, Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur
  • 2 Departments of Radiology, Surgery and Pathology, General Hospital, Jalan Pahang, 50586 Kuala Lumpur
Med J Malaysia, 1993 Sep;48(3):317-24.
PMID: 8183145

Abstract

Radiologically guided localization procedures are indicated pre-operatively when breast lesions are nonpalpable. The results of 42 percutaneous hookwire localizations over a period of 3 years are described. Of the total, 7 (17%) were found to be malignant. Biopsy was indicated by mammographically detected mass in 48%, by microcalcifications in 40% and by microcalcifications with an associated mass in 12%.

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