LAUSR.org creates dashboard-style pages of related content for over 1.5 million academic articles. Sign Up to like articles & get recommendations!

Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT)-guided biopsy of calcifications: pearls and pitfalls.

Photo by sarahsosiak from unsplash

As digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) is quickly becoming the standard of care in clinical practice, DBT-guided procedures are being more frequently utilized. DBT-guided biopsies of calcifications are efficient and easy… Click to show full abstract

As digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) is quickly becoming the standard of care in clinical practice, DBT-guided procedures are being more frequently utilized. DBT-guided biopsies of calcifications are efficient and easy to perform. As radiologists seek proficiency in these biopsies, there are some unique features of DBT-guided biopsies that they must consider. In this review, we provide a step-by-step guide on performing DBT-guided biopsies of calcifications, with a focus on pearls and pitfalls for problem solving in difficult biopsy cases.

Keywords: pearls pitfalls; dbt guided; dbt; tomosynthesis dbt; breast tomosynthesis; digital breast

Journal Title: Clinical imaging
Year Published: 2020

Link to full text (if available)


Share on Social Media:                               Sign Up to like & get
recommendations!

Related content

More Information              News              Social Media              Video              Recommended



                Click one of the above tabs to view related content.