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Breast Lipoma
Surgeons recommend FNAC or core biopsy to confirm diagnosis
December 30th, 2004
Breast surgery specialists in Denmark recommend fine-needle aspiration cytology or core biopsy to confirm the clinical diagnosis of breast lipoma. "Lipoma of the breast often causes diagnostic and therapeutic uncertainty. Clinically it may be difficult to distinguish a lipoma from other conditions. Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is often not helpful. Both mammography and ultrasound scanning are often negative," said C. Lanng and colleagues, Horsholm Hospital. "For the present study, 108 women with a clinical diagnosis of lipoma were enrolled prospectively. The clinical diagnosis of lipoma was found to be incorrect in 25.0% of these...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2004-12-30)
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