Radial Scars Without Atypia Diagnosed at Imaging-Guided Needle Biopsy: How Often Is Associated Malignancy Found at Subsequent Surgical Excision, and Do Mammography and Sonography Predict Which Lesions Are Malignant?
Anna Linda, Chiara Zuiani, Alessandro Furlan, Viviana Londero, Rossano Girometti, Piernicola Machin, and Massimo Bazzocchi
AJR 2010;194:1146-1151
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A percutaneous diagnosis of a radial scar does not exclude associated malignancy at surgical excision.
Mammographic and sonographic features of a lesion diagnosed as a radial scar at percutaneous imaging-guided biopsy do not predict which lesions will have associated malignancy at surgery.
Therefore, all patients with percutaneous diagnosis of a radial scar should undergo surgical excision regardless of mammographic and sonographic appearances, until further criteria can be determined
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