"I
honestly don't know where to begin to thank everyone at the Breast
Center for all your support and encouragement during my whole
experience with breast cancer. From diagnosis, surgery,
and recovery the doctors and nurses at Murfreesboro Medical Clinic
are to be commended. Their kindness, great attitudes and just their
true genuine support meant the world to me. God bless them."
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Minimally
Invasive Breast Biopsy
At the
Comprehensive Breast Center, we can use several
different techniques to biopsy a palpable mass in the
breast, mammographic abnormality, or an abnormality only
seen on ultrasound. The procedures are
performed under local anesthetic through a small 5-7 mm
incision. A stereotactic breast biopsy is a type
of minimally invasive biopsy that is performed using
mammography (x-rays) to locate breast abnormalities that
been detected on mammography. The procedure
is performed in an office setting. During the
procedure, a patient lies face down on a special table
with her breast protruding through a hole in the table's
surface. The table is connected to a computer that
produces detailed x-ray images of the abnormality to be
biopsied. Using these images, the doctor
guides a special core needle sampling device into the
suspicious lesion to collect tissue specimens. If
a lesion is not seen on mammography but is detected on
ultrasound, we can use a ultrasound probe and a biopsy
core needed is directed into the lesion under direct
ultrasound vision for the biopsy. We utilize
both the Vacora and Mammosite breast biopsy devices for
these procedures.
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