Open AccessHematoma-Directed Ultrasound-Guided Breast Biopsy
Author(s) -
LA Smith,
Ronda HenryTillman,
Steve Harms,
Theodore Hronas,
Anne T. Mancino,
Kent C. Westbrook,
Sohelia Korourian,
Michelle L. Jones,
V. Suzanne Klimberg
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-200105000-00011
Subject(s) - medicine , hematoma , biopsy , fibroadenoma , ultrasound , radiology , magnetic resonance imaging , lesion , breast biopsy , mammography , surgery , breast cancer , cancer
The standard technique for removal of nonpalpable breast lesions is needle localization breast biopsy. Because traumatic hematomas can often be seen with ultrasound, the authors hypothesized that iatrogenically induced hematomas could be used to guide the excision of nonpalpable lesions using ultrasound.