Background: The introduction of mammography with an accompanying interest for diagnosis and treatment in non-palpable breast lesions had led to the practice of non-resectional biopsy such as mammography guided core needle biopsy, US guided fine needle aspiration cytology and localization & excisional biopsy. The recent technique, ABBI system has made it possible to excise a lesion complelely un...

The purpose of our study was to evaluate the feasibility and safety of CT-guided percutaneous lung biopsy using two needles in difficult and poorly cooperative patients; and to examine the usefulness of the malpositioned first needle in tissue sampling with a second needle. This study included 17 consecutive patients with unsuccessful first insertion of the biopsy needle in the normal lung pare...

background: lactating adenoma is a benign breast mass related to physiological changes during pregnancy and increased estrogen level. fibroadenoma and breast cancer should be considered in the differential diagnosis of this lesion. the purpose of this study was to report cases of lactating adenoma in breast cancer research center (bcrc) and review the relevant literature. methods: all patients ...

BACKGROUND Lung cancer leads cancer-related mortality in the world. The objective of the present systematic review was to compare fine-needle aspiration biopsy (fnab) with core-needle biopsy (cnb) for diagnostic characteristics and yields for diagnosing lung cancer in patients with lung lesions. METHODS The medline and embase databases (from January 1, 1990, to September 14, 2009), the Cochra...