Comparison of trucut biopsy with fine needle aspiration cytology in diagnosis of palpable breast lesions

ABSTRACT

A comparative study was conducted on 25 consecutive female patients with clinically palpable breast lumps from July 2003 to April 2004 in the barest clinical of Surgery ward-03 JPMC. All the patients underwent fine needle aspiration cytology and trucut biopsy simultaneously. Mean age was 45.28 years with minimum age of 32 and maximum 66 years. Most frequent site involved was upper outer quadrant [32%]. The most common lesion diagnosed on FNAC was malignancy in 60% of cases, whereas on trucut 64% of the lumps were diagnosed as malignant. Trucut biopsy defined the type of lesions more accurately than FNAC. The sensitivity of FNAC and trucut was 88% and 96%. Trucut biopsy is a valuable tool for breast lumps diagnosis and provides better characterization of benign and malignant lesions