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Occult breast abnormalities: percutaneous preoperative needle localization.
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1984
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Surgical OncologyBreast OncologyMinimally Invasive ProcedureOccult Breast LesionsInterventional RadiologySurgeryOncologySurgical PathologyBreast ImagingBreast SurgeryOccult MassesRadiologyHealth SciencesMedical ImagingHistopathologyGuided LocalizationsBreast CancerMedicineOccult Breast Abnormalities
The results of 500 preoperative radiographically guided localizations for occult breast lesions over a period of more than 5 years are described. Of the total, 117 (23.4%) were found to be malignant. Biopsy was prompted by abnormal calcifications in 41% (203/500) of the cases and by occult masses, areas of architectural distortion, or asymmetry in 59% (297/500). of 74 patients with carcinoma who underwent axillary lymph node sampling, 78% (58/74) were free of metastatic involvement.