NONINVASIVE ULTRASOUND LOCALIZATION OF IMPALPABLE BREAST-LESIONS

Thirty patients presenting through the Breast Screening Programme with impalpable breast abnormalities clearly visible on ultrasound, underw ent non-invasive ultrasound localization. The patient was scanned so t hat the ultrasound abnormality lay below the probe and the skin at thi s site marked with a skin marker. In all cases the abnormality was eas ily identified and removed at surgery. All the surgical biopsies conta ined either a carcinoma (17 cases) or fibroadenoma (13 cases). This no n-invasive technique is a simple and accurate method for localizing sm all ultrasonically visible breast abnormalities.