Lobular neoplasia: Core needle breast biopsy underestimation of malignancy in relation to radiologic and pathologic features
Viviana Londero, Chiara Zuiani, Anna Linda, Elena Vianello, Alessandro Furlan, Massimo Bazzocchi
The Breast 17 (2008) 623 - 630
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Purpose: to assess the positive predictive value (PPV) for malignancy of core needle biopsy (CNB) demonstrating lobular neoplasia.
Underestimation of malignancy was more likely in cases of LCIS, US-guided CNB, and lesions that were large and suspicious on imaging.
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