Impalpable breast lesions are abnormalities detected on imaging (like mammography, ultrasound, or MRI) that cannot be felt during a physical examination. These may include early cancers, atypical hyperplasia, or high-risk lesions that require surgical removal for diagnosis or treatment.
This is also applicable to those cancers which reduce in size and are not felt or disappear completely after administering chemotherapy/targeted treatment/immunotherapy or a combination. These cancers are marked with a clip/seed under ultrasound guidance prior to being subjected to medical treatment. The clip/seed, in turn, becomes a guide for a radiologist to localize with a wire prior to surgery. Because these lesions are not detectable by touch, the surgical approach must be image-guided and carefully planned to ensure complete and accurate removal.
At Apollo Athenaa, advanced localization techniques like wire localization or radioactive tracer placement are performed to accurately target and remove the lesion with a margin of healthy tissue, aspiring to maintain breast contour.
