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Title | Diagnostic and therapeutic value of breast cyst puncture and pneumocystography |
Creator/Author | Tabar, L. (Falun Central Hospital, Falun, Sweden) ; Pentek, Z. ; Dean, P.B. |
Publication Date | 1981 Dec 01 |
OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 5573655 |
Other Number(s) | CODEN: RADLA |
Resource Type | Journal Article |
Resource Relation | Radiology ; Vol/Issue: 141:3 |
Subject | 550602 -- Medicine-- External Radiation in Diagnostics-- (1980-); ;MAMMARY GLANDS-- BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY;NEOPLASMS-- DIAGNOSIS; PATIENTS |
Related Subject | BODY;DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES;DISEASES;GLANDS;MEDICINE;NUCLEAR MEDICINE;ORGANS;RADIOLOGY |
Description/Abstract | Out of 53,459 women undergoing mammography, 434 pneumocystographic examinations were performed in 338 patients.^Thirteen benign and 13 malignant intracystic tumors were detected, for a frequency of 6.0%.^ Intracystic cancers comprised 1.3% of all malignant tumors.^Neither visual nor cytological examination of cyst fluid was sufficient to detect or rule out cancer, and the authors feel that pneumocystography is the only reliable method.^Excision is the preferred therapy, and histological examination is the definitive method of differentiating benign from malignant tumors.^In more than 97% of cases, pneumocystography of simple cysts is therapeutic.^Without evidence of intracystic tumor on pneumocystography, cyst removal is unnecessary.^The patient can be followed up with mammography, and any recurrent or new cysts can be diagnosed and treated by pneumocystography alone. |
Country of Publication | United States |
Language | English |
Format | Pages: 659-663 |
System Entry Date | 2001 May 13 |
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