Performance of ultrasound guidance for vacuum-assisted biopsy of breast microcalcifications without associated mass

S Le Cam; Y Badachi; S Ayadi; O Lucidarme

doi:10.1016/j.redii.2022.100012

Performance of ultrasound guidance for vacuum-assisted biopsy of breast microcalcifications without associated mass

Res Diagn Interv Imaging. 2022 Aug 12:3:100012. doi: 10.1016/j.redii.2022.100012. eCollection 2022 Sep.

Authors

S Le Cam¹, Y Badachi², S Ayadi², O Lucidarme³

Affiliations

¹ Paris University, APHP, Bicêtre hospital, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
² Department of General Radiology, GH La Pitié-Salpêtrière Charles-Foix, Paris, France.
³ Sorbonne University, CNRS, INSERM, Laboratoire d'Imagerie Biomédicale, APHP, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, 75013 Paris, France.

Abstract

•The accuracy of ultrasound (US)-guided biopsies of suspicious microcalcifications without mass is similar, or even better than results published in literature with stereotactic-guided biopsies.•When the microcalcifications are visible on ultrasound, there is no loss of chance in performing the biopsy under ultrasound guidance rather than under stereotactic guidance.•US guidance allows access to difficult areas for stereotactic, increases the comfort of the patient, avoids compression and irradiation.

Keywords: Breast cancer; Breast microcalcifications; Percutaneous vacuum-assisted biopsy; Ultrasound guidance.