The Radiology Department at King Abdulaziz Hospital in Jeddah scored a new achievement by conducting the first sample case from a suspected area of the breast that was cancerous, which was taken with magnetic resonance imaging guidance as the first hospital among the Ministry of Health hospitals in Saudi Arabia. The case was conducted by the consultant diagnostic radiology and head of the radiology department, Dr. Iman Hashem Baroum, where breast samples were taken For tumors suspected of being cancerous surgically, and that in the past period and they have been dispensed with with the development of technology and competencies, breast samples are taken without surgical intervention, and the subsequent anesthesia and hypnosis of the patient in the hospital, but the sample is taken in half an hour and by local anesthesia by a radiologist by guiding ultrasound or mammograms The patient was a Saudi woman, who was transferred from King Fahd Hospital, suffering from a cancerous tumor in the left breast and in an area suspected to be cancerous, which only appeared on magnetic resonance, and the sample was taken from the breast. The patient was immediately discharged to a house without pain. He noted the director of health affairs in the governorate. The grandmother of Dr. Sami bin Mohammed expressed his pleasure with this development in the service provided to breast cancer patients in The governorate of Jeddah, especially since this case is the first of its kind among the hospitals of the Ministry of Health, which is limited in time and effort as well as the comfort of the patient. For his part, the General Supervisor of King Abdulaziz Hospital, Dr. Muhammad bin Faisal Al-Mubarak, confirmed that this case represents the first and will be the nucleus of other similar cases in the coming period, indicating that he took Such samples need to be highly qualified by the team of the Radiology Department, who has these qualifications and competence in detecting tumors through magnetic resonance imaging, as is the case for ultrasound and mammograms. And on the other hand, the consultant diagnostic radiology and head of the radiology department at King Abdulaziz Hospital, Dr. Iman Hashem Baroum, explained that the sample Taken through the magnetic resonance device, which detects tumors that the ultrasound and mammogram systems cannot detect, especially granules whose size is less than 5 mg. And she said that taking the sample by magnetic resonance does not require general anesthesia, but rather the patient does not suffer from pain either during or after taking the sample In addition, this method reduces a lot of the psychological effects on the patient, as she does not need to be hypnotized For the family occupancy of hospital departments
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