assisted breast biopsy (VABB) becomes an essential diagnostic technique in obtaining specimens for pathological diagnosis. Method: We performed a retrospective study covering a period of 18 months to review the MRI VABB of suspicious breast lesions at the Royal Brisbane Hospital, the first public hospital in Queensland, Australia to offer this diagnostic procedure. We evaluated the MRI findings that led to biopsy and correlated the radiological BIRADS score with the pathological outcome. Patients and results: Of 11 women (median age 47years), MRI Guided vacuum assisted biopsies were successfully conducted in 10 women for suspicious breast lesions detected and visible only on MRI. Of the 10 cases, 1 revealed ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), 1 was reported as atypical lobular hyperplasia and the remaining 8 had benign histology on pathology. One case was cancelled as the patient opted to have short-term follow-up MR imaging instead of the biopsy.Conclusion: Our preliminary experience shows that MRI-guided vacuum assisted biopsy holds promise of being a fast and safe alternative to surgical biopsy for lesions detected and visible only on MRI.
References[1] MRI-guided 9-gauge vacuum-assisted breast biopsy: Initial clinical experience.
The combined technique resulted in a high identification rate. BD contributed to the identification of the SLNs in patients where LSG and GP failed to identify the sentinel node. Special attention to these techniques is needed in particular groups of patients such as those with high BMI, screen-detected primary tumours and tumour located in the inner quadrants.
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