What should I pay attention to when doing breast puncture?

Breast puncture, also known as breast puncture biopsy, is an effective examination method when a woman has a lump in her breast and the cause cannot be determined. Through this method, it can be determined whether there are breast cancer cells in the breast. It should be noted that if you decide to do a breast puncture, there are many things to pay attention to before and after the examination.

(l) If the tumor is small (less than 2.5 cm) and has no adhesions to surrounding tissues, it should be removed as completely as possible, fixed with 10% formalin, and immediately sent to the pathology department for biopsy.

(2) If the tumor is adhered to the skin, the skin should be excised in a diamond shape during biopsy to facilitate postoperative suturing.

(3) If the tumor is large and adheres to the surrounding area, it is difficult to completely remove it. If it is suspected to be malignant, when removing the specimen, try to remove 2-3 pieces of tissue from the obvious lesion and different parts of the tissue for pathological sectioning.

(4) If the tumor is far from the nipple, when taking the biopsy specimen, the skin should be cut radially with the nipple as the center. This can reduce the number of milk supply loops cut off without affecting the subsequent radical resection surgery.

(5) If the lump is close to the nipple, make a circular incision along the junction of the areola and the breast skin as much as possible so that the mark is not obvious.

(6) When removing suspicious breast tissue, it is important to reach a sufficient depth to avoid obtaining only necrotic tissue on the surface of the tumor or only a few cells, which would make it difficult to make a pathological histological diagnosis.