Changes in the diagnoses of breast core needle biopsies on second review at a tertiary care center: Implications for surgical management Journal Article
| Authors: | Calle, C.; Zhong, E.; Hanna, M. G.; Ventura, K.; Friedlander, M. A.; Morrow, M.; Cody, H. 3rd; Brogi, E. |
| Article Title: | Changes in the diagnoses of breast core needle biopsies on second review at a tertiary care center: Implications for surgical management |
| Abstract: | Core needle biopsy (CNB) of breast lesions is routine for diagnosis and treatment planning. Despite refinement of diagnostic criteria, the diagnosis of breast lesions on CNB can be challenging. At many centers, including ours, confirmation of diagnoses rendered in other laboratories is required before treatment planning. We identified CNBs first diagnosed elsewhere that were reviewed in our department over the course of 1 year because the patients sought care at our center and in which a change in diagnosis had been recorded. The outside and in-house CNB diagnoses were then classified based on Breast WHO Fifth Edition diagnostic categories. The impact of the change in diagnosis was estimated based on the subsequent surgical management. Findings in follow-up surgical excisions (EXCs) were used for validation. In 2018, 4950 outside cases with CNB were reviewed at our center. A total of 403 CNBs diagnoses were discrepant. Of these, 147 had a change in the WHO diagnostic category: 80 (54%) CNBs had a more severe diagnosis and 44 (30%) a less severe diagnosis. In 23 (16%) CNBs, the change of diagnostic category had no impact on management. Intraductal proliferations (n=54), microinvasive carcinoma (n=18), and papillary lesions (n=35) were the most disputed diagnoses. The in-house CNB diagnosis was confirmed in most cases with available excisions. Following CNB reclassification, 22/147 (15%) lesions were not excised. A change affecting the surgical management at our center occurred in 2.5% of all CNBs. Our results support routine review of outside breast CNB as a clinically significant practice before definitive treatment. © Copyright 2022 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. |
| Keywords: | retrospective studies; breast; pathology; breast neoplasms; retrospective study; quality assurance; breast tumor; consultation; core biopsy; second opinion; biopsy, large-core needle; tertiary care centers; large core needle biopsy; humans; human; female; tertiary care center |
| Journal Title: | American Journal of Surgical Pathology |
| Volume: | 47 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| ISSN: | 0147-5185 |
| Publisher: | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
| Date Published: | 2023-02-01 |
| Start Page: | 172 |
| End Page: | 182 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1097/pas.0000000000002002 |
| PUBMED: | 36638314 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC10464622 |
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| Notes: | The MSK Cancer Center Support Grant (P30 CA008748) is acknowledged in the PDF -- Corresponding author is MSK author: Edi Brogi -- Source: Scopus |
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