Abstract
A wide variety of surgical techniques are employed to biopsy or resect breast tissue. In general, these specimens can be divided into several groups: (1) needle core biopsies performed by radiologists; (2) small biopsies performed for mammographic abnormalities; (3) “lumpectomies” for grossly benign palpable tumors and grossly malignant palpable tumors; (4) mastectomies with or without a lymph node dissection, performed for carcinoma; and (5) reduction mammoplasties.
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Argani, P. (2003). Breast. In: Surgical Pathology Dissection. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-21747-9_25
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