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Breast biopsy - Results

Alternative Names

Biopsy - breast

Normal Values:

A normal result means there is no sign of cancer.

What abnormal results mean:

Benign tumors include:

Cancerous tumors include:

Adenocarcinoma
Colloid carcinoma
Cystosarcoma
Infiltrating carcinoma
Inflammatory carcinoma
Intraductal carcinoma
Lobular carcinoma
Medullary or circumscribed carcinoma
Sarcoma

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Female Breast

Needle biopsy of the breast

Open biopsy of the breast

Female breast biopsy

Breast lump removal - series

Reviewed last on: 7/25/2007
Robert A. Cowles, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

References

Abeloff MD, Armitage JO, Niederhuber JE, Kastan MB, McKena WG. Clinical Oncology. 3rd ed. Orlando, Fl: Churchill Livingstone; 2004.

Whitman GJ. Ultrasound-guided breast biopsies. Ultrasound Clin. Dec 2006; 1(4); 603-615.

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