Interstitial Laser Therapy of Breast Fibroadenomas With 6 and 8 Year Follow-Up

Interstitial Laser Therapy of Breast Fibroadenomas With 6 and 8 Year Follow-Up
K. Dowlatshahi, S. Wadhwani, R. Alvarado, C. Valadez, J. Dieschbourg
The Breast Journal 2010 16;1:73-76

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Fibroadenomas are non-cancerous breast tumors commonly seen in teenagers but also found in women at the time of first mammogram. They have distinct physical findings and imaging features but the definitive diagnosis is made by ultrasound or stereotactic guided needle biopsy.

Treatment options are observation or surgical removal. Recently, removal by ultrasound-guided technique has been reported. Alternatively, the tumor may be ablated within the breast by cold (cryotherapy) or by heat (laser, radiofrequency, focused ultrasound and microwave).

In this paper the laser treatment in two patients, one with bilateral fibroadenomas, with 6 and 8 year follow-up is presented.
The is a minimally invasive image-guided laser treatment of breast fibroadenoma and long term follow-up in two patients; one with single and the other with multiple bilateral tumors. The treatment is an office-based procedure given under local anesthesia with minimal pain and discomfort. It is esthetically superior to lumpectomy