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Abbreviated information:

Fine needle aspiration biopsy is a simple, cost-effective, safe office procedure for the evaluation of all palpable breast masses.

Purpose:

Cytologic evaluation of breast nodules and cysts

Differentiation of breast lesions

Indications:

Any lesion of the breast which can be palpated should be aspirated to help:

1. Establish a diagnosis
2. Assist in determining extent of disease
3. Evacuate a cyst
4. Distinguish between diffuse suppurative mastitis and carcinoma with associated severe inflammation
5. Confirm diagnois of inoperable carcinoma of the breast prior to radiotherapy

Advantages:

1. High degree of accuracy
2. Less traumatic
3. Well tolerated by the patient
4. Rapid diagnostic tool
5. Beveled needle and side port help ensure adequate sampling of typical breast mass
6. Stylet assures ease of insertion into mass or cyst without picking up material from outside of the mass
7. Reduces need for hospitalization and saves OR time and expense
8. Useful adjunct to diagnosis of malignant disease
9. Useful for following patients with chronic cystic mastopathy
10. Clear hub of needle enables you to observe removal of specimen
11. Especially useful with pregnant patients when mammography is contraindicated

Limitations:

• A benign fine needle aspiration cannot be sole basis for diagnosis of breast pathology. If clinical and/or laboratory evidence suggests a malignancy, additional test procedures are indicated regardless of benign cytologic diagnosis.
• The size or depth of a lesion may be limiting factor without radiographic guidance.

Packed:

• 12 Breast Aspiration Sets per box
• (1) 22 Gauge Multi-Hole Needle and (1) Finger Control 12cc Syringe per set
• Informed Consent Forms enclosed
• Complete instructions enclosed within each box

FIG. 1 22 gage needle 22 gauge thin wall needle obtains sample comparable to standard 18 gauge needle with less trauma Less likely to cause hematoma FIG. 2 & 3 Triangular cut beveled end & side port Triangular cut retrieves several time sample size as other aspiration needles FIG. 4 Stylet (Beveled End) Avoids picking up tissue from outside the mass Helps ensure ease of insertion FIG. 5 Clear Hub Helps avoid "Dry Taps"* Suction continued until some material appears in hub Suction discontinued before specimen reaches syringe* *Oertel, Y.C.: Fine Needle Aspiration of the Breast, 1987, p. 18

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