Abstract:
BACKGROUND:We sought to determine the number of patients with known breast cancer who were found to have an additional, mammographically occult lesion detected on breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI). METHODS:An institutional review board-approved review of all patients who underwent BSGI at Beth Israel Medical Center from 2006 to 2008 was performed. RESULTS:A total of 82 patients underwent BSGI for newly diagnosed breast cancer. Of these, 18 had an additional abnormality, and 17 were biopsied. There were 4 cases of invasive ductal carcinoma, 1 invasive lobular carcinoma, 1 ductal carcinoma in situ, 1 lobular carcinoma in situ, 2 papillomas, and 8 benign biopsies. One patient proceeded directly to mastectomy and an area of ductal carcinoma in situ was found, corresponding to the BSGI. CONCLUSIONS:In our study group, 22% of patients had a surgical change in management based on BSGI findings. BSGI detected additional carcinoma in 9%. BSGI plays an important role in the clinical management of patients with known breast cancer.
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Am J Surgjournal_title
American journal of surgeryauthors
Killelea BK,Gillego A,Kirstein LJ,Asad J,Shpilko M,Shah A,Feldman S,Boolbol SKdoi
10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.06.016subject
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2009-10-01 00:00:00pages
470-4issue
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0002-9610issn
1879-1883pii
S0002-9610(09)00357-2journal_volume
198pub_type
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