Follow-up of surgical biopsies in microcalcifications of the breast. Comparative analysis of patients submitted to mammography and digitalization of mammographic images
Rulli, A.; Cirocchi, R.; Vento, A.R.; Naninato, P.; Zanetti, A.; Carli, L.
Minerva Chirurgica 52(7-8): 933-936
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-4733 PMID: 9411295 Document Number: 473702
Improvements in the techniques of preoperative needle localization of nonpalpable breast lesions that have been detected at mammography, coupled with surgical biopsy of smaller volumes of breast tissue and the use of local anesthesia have produced a more aggressive attitude toward early biopsy of lesions that are suspected of malignancy. The authors report the follow-up in 92 cases, who underwent breast biopsy for microcalcifications with no palpable lesions. In 46 women the presence of microcalcifications was evaluated through a computerized instrument which allows digitalization of the image.