Immersion ultrasonography of excised nonpalpable breast lesion specimens after ultrasound-guided needle localization
- Authors
- Lee, Ki Yeol; Seo, Bo Kyoung; Yi, Ann; Je, Bo-Kyung; Cho, Kyu Ran; Woo, Ok Hee; Kim, Mi Young; Cha, Sang Hoon; Kim, Young-Sik; Son, Gil Soo; Kim, Young Soo
- Issue Date
- 8월-2008
- Publisher
- KOREAN RADIOLOGICAL SOC
- Keywords
- breast; breast neoplasms; specimen handling; ultrasound (US)
- Citation
- KOREAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY, v.9, no.4, pp.312 - 319
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- KOREAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY
- Volume
- 9
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 312
- End Page
- 319
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/122929
- DOI
- 10.3348/kjr.2008.9.4.312
- ISSN
- 1229-6929
- Abstract
- Objective: Ultrasound-guided needle localization has been used prior to the surgical excision of nonpalpable breast lesions. The aim of the study was to assess the feasibility of the use of a saline immersion specimen ultrasound technique (immersion-US) to confirm the successful removal of breast lesions. Materials and Methods: The devised immersion-US technique was used to examine the excised tissues of 72 ultrasound-guided needle localized breast lesions of 58 patients (34 benign lesions, 30 high-risk lesions and 8 malignant lesions). Freshly excised specimens were placed in a container filled with saline and one radiologist scanned the surgically excised specimens using a high-frequency linear transducer. We evaluated successful lesion removal and the qualities of the immersion-US images. Miss rates were determined by the use of postoperative ultrasound during follow-up. Results: All 72 lesions were identified by the use of immersion-US and satisfactory or excellent quality images were obtained for most lesions (70/72, 97%). Five (7%) lesions were initially identified as incompletely excised, based on the immersion-US findings, and prompt re-excision was undertaken. Follow-up ultrasound examinations showed no residual mass in the surgical field in any patient. Conclusion: The immersion-US technique was found straightforward and efficient to perform. Immersion-US was able to determine whether nonpalpable breast lesions had been successfully excised after ultrasound-guided needle localization.
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