Breast Core Biopsy: A Pathologic-Radiologic Approach

by Ira Bleiweiss, Shabnam Jaffer, Susan R. Drossman

This state-of-the-art reference is your visual guide to the diagnosis of the full spectrum of breast lesions seen in core biopsy specimens, including difficult and borderline pathology. Case-based presentations correlating radiologic and pathologic findings, help pathologists, radiologists, and surgeons gain a better understanding of the entire pathology process, thus greatly improving diagnostic accuracy and subsequent therapy.

• Correlate radiologic features with pathologic findings to accurately evaluate neoplastic and non-neoplastic breast lesions.

• Consider all possible entities via differential diagnoses.

• Get hands-on advice in the assessment and evaluation of each specimen using a highlighted list of “points to remember” at the end of every work up.

• Make the most informed clinical recommendations by understanding the pitfalls and limitations of breast core biopsies.

• Solve your toughest challenges using more than 650 full-color illustrations—950 in all—for comparison.

• Avoid medico-legal implications by providing the most complete and precise diagnosis possible.

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