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A Preliminary Report

Kambiz Dowlatshahi, MD; Peter M. Jokich, MD; Robert Schmidt, MD; Marluce Bibbo, MD; Peter J. Dawson, MD

Arch Surg. 1987;122(11):1343-1346.

Abstract
• In mammographically detected breast lesions, only 10% to 25% of biopsy specimens are malignant. Furthermore, the current method of needle localization of these lesions is cumbersome and inefficient. Stereotaxic needle aspiration was used to examine 84 patients. Successful localization with the needle tip within 1 to 2 mm of the suspected lesion was possible in 80 cases (95.2%). Following aspirate cytology, the lesion was localized with indigo carmine and Kopans' wire and every patient underwent a standard open excisional biopsy. Twelve cases of breast cancer were diagnosed histologically. Eleven of these cases were correctly diagnosed cytologically, while one case yielded a false-negative result. In the remaining 72 histologically benign cases, four lesions were reported cytologically to be atypical. There were no complications. Stereotaxic needle aspiration localizes occult breast lesions precisely and in conjunction with mammography, and it is an acceptable preoperative method of diagnosing nonpalpable breast tumors.

(Arch Surg 1987;122:1343-1346)

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Surgery (Dr Dowlatshahi), Radiology (Drs Jokich and Schmidt), Cytopathology (Dr Bibbo), and Pathology (Dr Dawson), The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. Dr Dowlatshahi is now with the Department of General Surgery, Rush Presbyterian—St Luke's Medical Center, Chicago.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication July 29, 1987.

Read before the Annual Meeting of the Society of Surgical Oncology, London, April 27, 1987.

Reprint requests to Department of General Surgery, Rush Presbyterian—St Luke's Medical Center, 1653 W Congress Pkwy, Chicago, IL 60612 (Dr Dowlatshahi).

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