ISSN:
1365-2303
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
During the first 7.5 years of breast cancer screening in South Australia, 88 radial scar/complex sclerosing lesions were among the mammographically detected abnormalities. A false-positive cytological diagnosis by fine needle biopsy was given in three of 69 such cases with satisfactory smears, a false-positive rate of 4.3% in this particular group. A review of the smears suggested that the false-positive diagnoses could have been avoided if a total or near total absence of a benign epithelial component had been included among the criteria for a malignant diagnosis. However, even after review, atypia was considered sufficiently worrying to be reported as a suspicion of malignancy in 7% of cases.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2303.1999.00176.x
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