Variations in physician recommendations for surgery after diagnosis of a high-risk lesion on breast core needle biopsy.

Concordance Rate between Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy and Core Needle Biopsy in Breast Lesions

Background and Objectives:Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide. Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is one of the methods of breast biopsy which is fast, easy and cost effective. The aim of this study was to evaluate the concordance rate between pathologic results of sonography or stereotaxy guided FNAB and guided core needle biopsy (CNB) in the evaluation of breast le...

Needle Core Biopsy Should Replace Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology in Breast Lesions Diagnosis

Exsanguinating Hemorrhage during Open Biopsy in a Primary Breast Angiosarcoma: A Case Report

Angiosarcomas are endothelial cell neoplasms in the lining of the blood vessel wall and account for about 0.04% of all breast malignancies with a high rate of error in primary diagnosis. The breast angiosarcoma is a rare and uncommon pathology and has been described mostly as case reports. Indeed, only a limited number of cases have been published. Accordingly, the natural history of this tumor...

Management of B3 lesions of the breast: implementations of current recommendations in clinical practice.

PURPOSE Stereotactic needle breast biopsy and vacuum assisted breast biopsy have replaced wide local excision in the last decades. B3 lesions of the breast represent a particular subgroup which is difficult to manage. The purpose of the present study was to present our experience with this specific type of lesions and to examine the conformity of Princess Margaret Hospital with current recommen...

Percutaneous biopsy in radiological imaging of the breast

Radiol Bras. 2016 Mar/Abr;49(2):IX The article “Diagnostic underestimation of atypical hyperplasia and ductal carcinoma in situ at percutaneous core needle and vacuum-assisted biopsies of the breast in a Brazilian reference institution”, published in the previous issue of Radiologia Brasileira, was produced at a referral teaching institution and reflects the level of responsibility required in ...