RT Journal
A1 Hamed H, Coady A, Chaudary MA, Fentiman IS
T1 FOllow-up of patients with aspirated breast cysts is necessary
JF Archives of Surgery
JO Archives of Surgery
YR 1989
FD February 1
VO 124
IS 2
SP 253
OP 255
DO 10.1001/archsurg.1989.01410020127022
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1989.01410020127022
AB • A review was conducted of 401 women who presented with breast lumps that proved to be cysts by yielding fluid on aspiration. The aim was to determine the proportion of patients with cancers that masqueraded as cysts and to establish whether short-term follow-up was necessary. After the first visit, six patients had biopsies because of a residual mass or a bloodstained aspirate. Of these patients, two were found to have cancer. After the follow-up visit, 20 further biopsies were carried out for presence of a mass, bloodstained fluid, or recurrent fluid, and two more cancers were diagnosed. Of the four patients with malignancy, only one had an intracystic carcinoma, two had necrotic grade 3 ductal carcinomas, and one had a malignant phyllode tumor. These findings underline the value of a single return visit after cyst aspiration.(Arch Surg 1989;124:253-255)