… results and when imaging findings are considered highly suspicious for malignancy. We
also recommend excision after needle biopsy yields a radial scar or a radial sclerosing lesion …

… breast biopsy, radial scars (RS) and radial sclerosing lesions (RSL) are increasingly identified
at needle biopsy … Pathologists have commented upon the diagnostic features of RSL using …

… Complex sclerosing lesion remains a diagnostic challenge as they can present as … sampled
on core needle biopsy.3 Historical literature suggests that these lesions are associated with …

… biopsy. In this study, the positive predictive value of the combined FNA and bone biopsy results
was 82… to open surgical biopsy in categorizing a sclerotic bone lesion as being bemgn or …

… One of two cases of radial sclerosing lesions in our series that was upgraded on excision to
radial sclerosing lesion with atypia. (a) Stereotactic core needle biopsy was performed for an …

… be associated with fibrosis or sclerosis, and may enter the differential diagnosis of a
sclerosing lesion, particularly if limited material is sampled or on breast core biopsy. Likewise it is …

… on core biopsy diagnosis alone poses problems as (i) low-grade invasive carcinoma may
be misinterpreted as RS (or vice versa) and (ii) there are inherent limitations in core biopsy …

… Therefore we recommend small diagnostic open biopsies and small incisions that will be …
biopsy is being performed to obtain a diagnosis, it should be as non-deforming as possible. …

… without atypia, especially in cases of radial scar/complex sclerosing lesion (RS/CSL).2-4 …
ducts, giving this lesion a stellate appearance.5, 6 Complex sclerosing lesion refers to the same …

… sclerosing lesion (CSL) with high-risk lesions (epithelial atypia) diagnosed on needle core
biopsy … Methods 157 women with a needle core biopsy diagnosis of a RS/CSL with atypia and …