Specimen radiology is necessary for ensuring successful surgical excision of nonpalpable, clinically occult breast masses discovered by mammography. However, occasionally nonpalpable lesions are only detected by sonography. A simple method of ultrasonographic in vitro identification of nonpalpable lesions invisible on specimen radiographs is presented.
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