Aspiration biopsy of breast tumours

Gibson, Anne; Smith, Gwendoline

doi:10.1002/bjs.18004519103

Journal of British Surgery

1957

DOI: 10.1002/bjs.18004519103

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Aspiration biopsy of breast tumours

Anne Gibson

Gwendoline Smith

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“…However, facilities for frozen sections are not always available and in these circumstances a surgeon may proceed to mastectomy relying on the clinical findings and the characteristic naked-eye features of carcinoma found in the breast biopsy. Although little used in this country, rapid cytological diagnostic methods are available either by examining smears prepared from needle aspirates of breast lumps (Gibson and Smith, 1957;Webb, 1970) or smears and imprints made from the excised lumps (Dudgeon and Barrett, 1934;Tribe, 1965).…”

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A comparison of rapid methods including imprint cytodiagnosis for the diagnosis of breast tumours

Tribe

1973

J Clin Pathol

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SYNOPSIS Rapid diagnoses were made on 510 breast lumps by three methods in sequence and the results compared with those obtained by paraffin histology.Naked-eye examination of the excised lumps correctly distinguished between benign and malignant tumours in 95'1 % of cases with 23 (4 5 %) false negative and two (0-4 %) false positive results.Rapid imprint cytodiagnosis was correct in 96-9 % of the 391 lumps imprinted with 12 (3-1 %) false negatives and no false positive results.Frozen sections gave the correct diagnosis in 99'4% of the 510 cases with three (0 6%) false negative and no false positive results.The use of cytology in the diagnosis of breast tumours is discussed.

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A comparison of rapid methods including imprint cytodiagnosis for the diagnosis of breast tumours

Tribe

1973

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The diagnostic cytology of breast carcinoma

Webb

1970

Journal of British Surgery

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SUMMARYFine-needle aspiration of the breast is illustrated, together with a brief review of the development of cytological diagnosis in this field. A series of 168 surgical ou t-patients presenting with breast pathology have been studied by this method in an attempt to make an early diagnosis. I n 108 patients, histological confirmation was available and the accuracy of cytology was 97.3 per cent. The significance of false diagnosis is discussed. It is concluded that the method is reliable.

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Cytodiagnosis and other methods of biopsy in the modern management of breast cancer

Preece

Hunter

Duguid

et al. 1989

Seminars in Surgical Oncology

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Since 1970 fine-needle aspiration cytology for breast tumours has grown in popularity and is now routinely used in the initial diagnosis of palpable breast masses in the United States and other parts of the world. Fast staining methods of the aspirate enables reporting within 10 minutes of the aspirate being performed. Training and experience is important in obtaining satisfactory smears for diagnosis, and pitfalls are false-negative and false-positive findings, which may have dire consequences for the patient if cytological diagnosis is the final arbiter. Conditions such as benign mammary dysplasia and sclerosing adenosis are the most common sources of highly cellular smears and often show marked atypia, which makes distinction from carcinoma difficult. Also, atypical papillary formations present a diagnostic problem, and biopsy is indicated to exclude a papillary carcinoma. Fine-needle aspirations very seldom cause traumatic complications, and these are usually of a minor degree. Seeding along the needle track has occurred, but in most cases with a larger-caliber (18 s.e.g.) needle. Aspiration itself has been shown to have no effect on the survival rates in breast carcinoma. Contemporary reports show that around 90% of cases of breast cancer can be detected with confidence by means of this procedure. The reduction in scar formation facilitates future evaluation of the patient as scar tissue often interferes with the interpretation of mammograms. Cost effectiveness is evident in terms of decreased use of anaesthetics and operating time and a reduction in the use of frozen section histology by about 80%.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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Aspiration biopsy of breast tumours

Cited by 7 publications

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A comparison of rapid methods including imprint cytodiagnosis for the diagnosis of breast tumours

A comparison of rapid methods including imprint cytodiagnosis for the diagnosis of breast tumours

The diagnostic cytology of breast carcinoma

Cytodiagnosis and other methods of biopsy in the modern management of breast cancer

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