Can core biopsy reliably diagnose mucinous lesions of the breast?

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 124-127

  Wang, Jun ^a   Simsir, Aylin ^a   Mercado, Cecilia ^a   Cangiarella, Joan ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Core biopsy; Mucinous

Indexed keywords

MUCIN;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST LESION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COLLOID CARCINOMA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOCELE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUCINS; MUCOCELE;

EID: 34249072563     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/DTDQM4C7X8ENDQ0X     Document Type: Review

References (8)

1. Janes RH, Bouton MS. Initial 300 consecutive stereotactic core-needle biopsies by a surgical group. Am J Surg. 1994;168:533-536.
2. Parker SH, Jobe WE, Dennis MA, et al. US-guided automated large-core needle biopsy Radiology. 1983;187:507-511.
3. Jacobs TW, Connolly JL, Schnitt SJ. Nonmalignant lesions in breast core needle biopsies: to excise or not to excise? Am J Surg Pathol. 2002;26:1095-1110.
4. Farshid G, Pieterse S, King KM, et al. Mucocele-like lesions of the breast: a benign cause for indeterminate or suspicious mammographic microcalcifications. Breast J. 2005;11:15-22.
5. Renshaw AA. Can mucinous lesions of the breast be reliably diagnosed by core needle biopsy? Am J Clin Pathol. 2002;118:82-84.
6. Rosen PP. Mucocele-like tumors of the breast. Am J Surg Pathol. 1986;10:464-469.
7. Ro JY, Sneige N, Sahin AA, et al. Mucocelelike tumor of the breast associated with atypical ductal hyperplasia or mucinous carcinoma: a clinicopathologic study of seven cases. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1991;115:137-140.
8. Carder PJ, Murphy CE, Liston JC. Surgical excision is warranted following a core biopsy diagnosis of mucocoele-like lesion of the breast. Histopathology. 2004;45:148-154.