Radiologically innocuous breast reduction specimens. Should we send them to pathology lab anyway?

Celik, Betul and Senen Demiroz, D. and Yaz, M. and Muslu, U. (2013) Radiologically innocuous breast reduction specimens. Should we send them to pathology lab anyway? Il giornale di chirurgia, 34 (11/12). pp. 302-306. ISSN 1971-145X

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Abstract

Breast Reduction (BR) is a common procedure around the world. Patients are screened for incidental carcinoma preoperatively by mammography or ultrasonography and BR specimens are sent for pathologic examination postoperatively. Since the incidence of incidental carcinoma is very low, no consensus exist regarding efficiency of pathologic examination. To assess the value of pathologic examination, we examined mammographically and ultrasonographically negative eighty BR specimens from 40 women. Twenty seven women had pathological lesions in their specimens (67,5%). This indicates that, even mammographically and ultrasonographically innocuous, BR specimens may reveal important pathological diagnosis that alters patient management.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Breast reduction, Pathology, Mammography, Costs
Subjects:	600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 617 Rami vari della medicina; Chirurgia
Depositing User:	Nadia Del Gobbo
Date Deposited:	13 Sep 2019 13:26
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2019 13:26
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/8659

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