Malignancy mimic: Suspicious mammographic and sonographic findings post-vacuum-assisted excision biopsy

Shreeja Mehrotra; Mireille Hardie; Donna Blanche Taylor

doi:10.1016/j.radcr.2023.09.049

Malignancy mimic: Suspicious mammographic and sonographic findings post-vacuum-assisted excision biopsy

Radiol Case Rep. 2023 Oct 17;18(12):4558-4563. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2023.09.049. eCollection 2023 Dec.

Authors

Shreeja Mehrotra¹, Mireille Hardie^{2

3}, Donna Blanche Taylor^{1

4

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Royal Perth Hospital, Street Perth 6000, Wellington, Western Australia, Australia.
² PathWest Laboratory Medicine, QEII Medical Centre, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands, WA 6009, Western Australia, Australia.
³ University of Western Australia Medical School, 35 Stirling Highway, Perth 6000, Western Australia, Australia.
⁴ BreastScreen WA, Level 9 Eastpoint Plaza, 233 Adelaide Terrace, Perth 6000, Western Australia, Australia.

Abstract

Vacuum-assisted excision biopsy (VAEB) provides a safe alternative to surgical excision for selected (low-risk) B3 breast lesions. We report a case of imaging findings that mimicked malignancy in a patient one year post-VAEB. Awareness of this entity is important to prevent misdiagnosis and unnecessary surgical excision.

Keywords: Biopsy clip; Breast; Malignancy; Scar tissue; Vacuum-assisted excision biopsy.

Publication types

Case Reports