MR-guided biopsy of suspect breast lesions with a simple stereotaxic add-on-device for surface coils

A guiding attachment is described that transforms a conventional magnetic resonance (MR) imaging surface coil into a stereotaxic biopsy unit. Eight patients, aged 38-66 years (mean, 54 years), with suspect breast lesions detected exclusively at contrast material-enhanced MR imaging underwent MR-guid...

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Published inRadiology Vol. 192; no. 1; p. 272
Main Authors Fischer, U, Vosshenrich, R, Keating, D, Bruhn, H, Döler, W, Oestmann, J W, Grabbe, E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.07.1994
Subjects
Adult
Aged
Biopsy, Needle - instrumentation
Biopsy, Needle - methods
Breast - pathology
Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Middle Aged
Stereotaxic Techniques - instrumentation
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Summary:A guiding attachment is described that transforms a conventional magnetic resonance (MR) imaging surface coil into a stereotaxic biopsy unit. Eight patients, aged 38-66 years (mean, 54 years), with suspect breast lesions detected exclusively at contrast material-enhanced MR imaging underwent MR-guided needle biopsy with this unit. Diagnostic material was successfully aspirated in all patients (four carcinomas, three fibroadenomas, and one intraductal hyperplasia), and the diagnosis was subsequently confirmed at surgical biopsy. This technique promises to increase the diagnostic specificity for lesions seen solely at MR imaging.
ISSN:0033-8419
DOI:10.1148/radiology.192.1.8208952