Percutaneous Excision: A Viable Alternative to Manage Benign Breast Lesions  Priscilla J. Slanetz, MD, MPH, FACR, Shieh-Pei Wu, MD, Jeffrey B. Mendel, MD  Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal  Volume 62, Issue 4, Pages 265-271 (November 2011) DOI: 10.1016/j.carj.2010.05.002 Copyright © 2011 Canadian Association of Radiologists Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 (A) A 27-year-old woman with a history of 2 surgically excised fibroadenomas now with a tender, lobulated, 17-mm mass in right breast at 11 o'clock. A core biopsy 6 months earlier confirmed fibroadenoma. Increasing symptoms led the patient to pursue excision, although she was very reluctant to undergo surgery. (B) Prebiopsy placement of 9-gauge ATEC device, showing the probe posterior and contiguous to the lesion. (C) Representative image during the process of lesion removal, showing the probe relative to the residual mass, thereby permitting rotation of the probe towards the residual mass, which resulted in complete excision. (D) Postbiopsy image, showing no residual mass, consistent with complete removal on the day of the procedure. On a 6-month follow-up ultrasound, this patient's fibroadenoma had not recurred. Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal 2011 62, 265-271DOI: (10.1016/j.carj.2010.05.002) Copyright © 2011 Canadian Association of Radiologists Terms and Conditions