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Table 5 Recommended needle size – indications

From: Vacuum-assisted breast biopsy: A comparison of 11-gauge and 8-gauge needles in benign breast disease

Diagnosis of microcalcification (stereotactic)

11G

Focal lesions without microcalcification (stereotactic)

8G

Sonographic removal of intraductal, intracystic lesions

8G

Sonographic removal of fibroadenomas up to 11 mm diameter

11G

Sonographic removal of fibroadenomas up to 18 mm diameter

8G

Re-biopsy for failed correlation of suspected diagnosis and histology

8G

Sonographic removal of suspicious lesions smaller than 5 mm

11G