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Your First Visit - Scenario #2

At the time you schedule your appointment, you will be asked to bring any mammogram and/or sonogram films done at an outside facility. If you have not yet had a mammogram we will help you to schedule one at the Baylor Breast Imaging Center just prior to your appointment with Dr. Grant.

If you bring films from an outside facility, Dr. Grant and a radiologist from the Baylor Breast Imaging Center will review all your films. You may be asked to go to the Baylor Breast Imaging Center for some extra views or a sonogram. Once this has been completed you will come back to Dr. Grant's office for a thorough breast and axillary examination. By the time you meet Dr. Grant, will of reviewed all of your films. Once your exam has been completed, Dr. Grant will make his recommendations. The recommendations could be any one or a combination of the following:

All procedures will be scheduled at a later date. Procedures can usually be scheduled within 3 to 10 days. We make every attempt to coordinate with your schedule, and we will complete the recommended procedure as quickly as possible.

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Core Needle Biopsy  back to top
The use of a small core needle to take samples of the abnormal tissue for microscopic evaluation.

Fine Needle Aspiration  back to top
The use of a slender, fine needle to remove cells. These cells are put onto slides and sent to the pathologist for review under the microscope.

Mammogram  back to top
Xray of the breast.

Needle Localization  back to top
A procedure in which a radiologist targets a breast tumor (or Calcifications) with a thin guide wire. This allows the surgeon to accurately remove a nonpalpable tumor at the time of surgery. The localization procedure may be accomplished with sonogra-pic,mammographic, or stereotactic guidance using a local aesthetic, usually on the day of surgery.

Radiologist  back to top
A doctor who specializes in taking and reading xrays.

Sonography  back to top
A procedure in which sound waves determine the density of a mass. (solid or fluid filled)

Stereotactoc Biopsy  back to top The removal of a small amount of tissue with a technique that uses special mammographic views, a computer, and a needle to pinpoint a target area in the breast. This technique is usually utilized to biopsy calcifications or other tiny abnormalities which can only be detected mammographically.