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Case Reports
. 1992 Dec;185(3):713-4.
doi: 10.1148/radiology.185.3.1343569.

Malignant seeding of the needle track during stereotaxic core needle breast biopsy

L P Harter  1 , J S Curtis, G Ponto, P H Craig
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Case Reports

Malignant seeding of the needle track during stereotaxic core needle breast biopsy

L P Harter et al. Radiology. 1992 Dec.

Abstract

Early reports demonstrated the diagnostic advantage of large-core (14-gauge) biopsy over fine-needle aspiration biopsy of nonpalpable lesions of the breast without apparent significant increase in morbidity. A case of malignant seeding of the needle track after a large-core biopsy of a mucinous carcinoma of the breast is documented. The potential for increased risk of tract seeding of malignancy must be considered.

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  • Stereotaxic aspiration biopsy of the breast.
    Mitnick JS, Vazquez MF, Roses DF, Harris MN, Waisman J. Mitnick JS, et al. Radiology. 1993 Dec;189(3):924-5. doi: 10.1148/radiology.189.3.8234730. Radiology. 1993. PMID: 8234730 No abstract available.

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