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. 1984 Feb;150(2):335-7.
doi: 10.1148/radiology.150.2.6691085.

Occult breast abnormalities: percutaneous preoperative needle localization

J E Meyer, D B Kopans, P C Stomper, K K Lindfors

Occult breast abnormalities: percutaneous preoperative needle localization

J E Meyer et al. Radiology. 1984 Feb.

Abstract

The results of 500 preoperative radiographically guided localizations for occult breast lesions over a period of more than 5 years are described. Of the total, 117 (23.4%) were found to be malignant. Biopsy was prompted by abnormal calcifications in 41% (203/500) of the cases and by occult masses, areas of architectural distortion, or asymmetry in 59% (297/500). of 74 patients with carcinoma who underwent axillary lymph node sampling, 78% (58/74) were free of metastatic involvement.

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