[Initial experiences with the Advanced Breast Biopsy Instrumentation (ABBI), a system for stereotactic excision of non-palpable breast lesions]

Langenbecks Arch Chir Suppl Kongressbd. 1998:115:379-83.
[Article in German]

Abstract

The advanced breast biopsy instrumentation (ABBI) allows the radiologically guided stereotactic excision of non-palpable radiodense lesions with high accuracy. Forty-six patients with suspicious clusters of microcalcifications (n = 37) and with round lesions (n = 9) of the breast were investigated using the ABBI. Tissue cylinders were successfully removed in 98% of cases. No wound complications occurred and cosmesis was excellent. Histopathology revealed 35 benign (76%) and 11 malignant (24%) lesions. With the ABBI system, non-palpable breast lesions can be precisely localized and excised.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Biopsy, Needle / instrumentation*
  • Breast / pathology
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology
  • Breast Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Calcinosis / pathology
  • Calcinosis / surgery
  • Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / surgery
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Equipment Design
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mammography / instrumentation*
  • Mastectomy, Segmental / instrumentation*
  • Middle Aged
  • Precancerous Conditions / pathology
  • Precancerous Conditions / surgery