Muhammad Latif Aftab, Asma Rashid, Muhammad Aslam, Shafiqur Rehman.
Clinical value of sure cut biopsy in breast masses.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;4(1):46-8.

Sure cut breast biopsy is one of the reasonable methods of histological diagnosis of palpable breast masses. Sure cut biopsy was done in 52 female patients with palpable breast lumps and results were compared to histological findings in all cases after excision. The over all accuracy rate was 92.3%. Sensitivity was 94.1% and specificity was 91.4%. After excluding inadequate specimens for histology, obtained by sure cut needle from calculations, the sensitivity was same i.e. 94.1% while specificity was 100%. No false negative or false positive diagnosis was found in this study. The method of sure cut biopsy is simple, well acceptable to the patients, no hospitalization is required. It is a safe procedure and no complication was found in present study.

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