Aim: This study aimed to evaluate breast biopsy procedures performed in radiology unit before and after COVID-19 pandemic initiation, compare cancer diagnosis.
 Material Methods: Breast biopsies two years March 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. Patient demographics, referral reason (screening/diagnostic), type region, tumor size, BI-RADS category pathology evaluated. Statistical analysis...

The stereotactic ABBI (Advanced Breast Biopsy Instrumentation; USSC, Norwalk, CT, USA) breast biopsy system allows the excision of suspicious, impalpable, breast lesions under local anaesthesia using a disposable cannula of up to 2·2 cm in diameter. Many of the excised lesions do not reach the surgical margins. A retrospective pilot study suggested that at reoperation most breasts were tumourf...

A total of 725 human primary breast tumor biopsy samples were analyzed for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) content, using a multiple-point EGFR assay standardized in accordance with the recom mendations of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Receptor Study Group. After the establishment of a lower cell membrane protein threshold of 0.2 mg of membrane protein p...

Nontraumatic rapid growing giant fat necrosis of the breast mimicking breast tumors is a rare clinical manifestation. The imaging features of the fat necrosis which range from benign to malign findings may be better explained with associated aetiology. The present paper reports a 54-year old woman with a rapid growing, fibrous, and hard giant mass originating in the subareolar region of the lef...

PURPOSE This review aims to discuss the methodological aspects of dedicated molecular breast imaging (MBI) using 99mTc-sestamibi as radiotracer to guide biopsy of occult or unclear breast lesions on mammography (MG) and ultrasound (US) that are suspicious on MBI (BI-RADS criteria 4 and 5), including its advantages, limitations and future clinical applications. METHODS Literature search was pe...

BACKGROUND Sentinel lymph node biopsy is a recently developed, minimally invasive technique for staging the axilla in patients with breast cancer. It has been suggested that this technique will avoid the morbidity associated with more extensive axillary dissection. A wide range of different methods and materials has been employed for lymphatic mapping, but there has been little consensus on the...

Fibroadenoma is the most common benign mass of breast in females 20-50 years of age. Juvenile fibroadenoma accounts for only 4% of total fibroadenomas. Moreover, the incidence of giant juvenile fibroadenoma is found to be only 0.5% of all fibroadenomas. A 15-year-old woman at the 12th week of gestation was referred to the Shahid Sadoughi Hospital, Yazd, Iran because of a mass in the right breas...

AbstractMammary tissue, skeletal muscle, and spleen are less frequently affected by mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB).The most common age for breast TB is between 50 and 70. On this article, we are reporting a 72-year-old womanwho presented with chronic cough, lobar consolidation in right middle lobe (RML) on the CXR, and a massin her right breast revealed on the physical examination. Biopsy from...

In order to determine which technique would provide adequate tissue for histological examination when the 'Tru-Cut' needle is used for liver biopsy, the livers of cadavers were biopsied by a single operator, under direct vision, using a 'Tru-Cut' needle. The modified breast biopsy technique either preceded or followed one of two alternative methods, one of which was recommended by the manufactu...