Monday, 8 October 2007

Imaging–Histologic Discordance at MRI-Guided 9-Gauge Vacuum-Assisted Breast Biopsy

Jung-Min Lee, Jennifer B. Kaplan, Melissa P. Murray, Lia Bartella, Elizabeth A. Morris, Sandra Joo, D. David Dershaw, Laura Liberman
AJR 2007; 189:852-859

http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/189/4/852


Imaging–histologic discordance was found in 7% of lesions that had MRI-guided vacuum-assisted biopsy. Among discordant lesions, surgical excision revealed cancer in 30%. Imaging–histologic correlation is essential after MRI-guided vacuum-assisted biopsy to avoid delay in the diagnosis of breast cancer

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