Breast biopsy actually removal of neoplasma?
A Neoplasma (Breast Tumor) can either be studied by a Biopsy which can be by aspiration first or by complete removal for futher study. Complete removal is always better. A Breast Lift can safely be performed after a Biopsy (complete removal). Patient must consider that if a malignant lesion results from biposy, furher surgery will be necessary.
Thank you for your question. If there is any questionable area on breast imaging, your radiologist may recommend a biopsy. Depending on the result of the biopsy if it is found to be malignant such as cancer or even a benign mass that needs to be removed; then you should consult with a breast oncologic surgeon. Following this, you may or may not b e a candidate for breast reconstruction. A breast lift after biopsy or removal of a mass can be done at the same operation and is called and “oncoplastic” reconstruction.
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Breast biopsy is removal of a part or whole of the lump by either excision or coring out enough tissue for examination under microscope. another method of obtaining information is aspiration of material by a fine needle which is really cytology (study of cells available by aspiration). In this method enough material may not be available and so false negatives are more.
Current trend is core needle biopsy based on the clinical examination prior to definitive operation as there are many malignant (cancerous) tumors which may need treatment by other methods prior to surgery.
Only when a malignancy has been ruled out, can a removal of benign tumor combined with a breast lift. Even in cancers, reconstruction in one stage is possible but that cannot be called a lift.