Sonographically guided percutaneous excision of clinically benign breast masses

✍ Scribed by Zhi Li Wang; Gang Liu; Jun Lai Li; Qian Ding; Li Su; Jie Tang; Lin Ma

• Book ID: 102332844
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 153 KB
• Volume: 39
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0091-2751
• DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20752

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Purpose.

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. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2011.