Calcifications Made Easy
Your children have finally learned to get their own cereal in the morning. But yikes, what is that stuff on the kitchen floor? You start to reach for a paper…
Breast Anatomy and Physiology: Recognizing Normal Changes
A young woman presented with a palpable lump in her right axilla. She was 3 months pregnant and terrified. Her sister had been diagnosed with stage III breast cancer at…
Management of Masses: BI-RADS 2, 3, or 4?
Always a rush in the morning. Time to fix lunch for the kids. Did we go grocery shopping this week? Those grapes don’t look so hot. I think they’ve been…
The Recalled Patient: Now What?
Let’s see. A screening recall. Is it a real finding? It looks kind of ugly on the screening views. The mediolateral oblique (MLO) spot looks fine, but the craniocaudal (CC)…
Mammographic Asymmetries
Almost lunchtime. Need to finish the screening board first. Could that little area on the left craniocaudal (CC) be new? I don’t see anything on the mediolateral oblique (MLO). I’ll…
Architectural Distortion
A radiologist friend from another city called one day and asked for a review of his wife’s mammogram. She had been recalled from screening, told that the findings were probably…
Multiple Masses
Multiple masses. Sigh. Do you hate these? Take a deep breath and lean into it. These masses are really not that hard to assess. They are almost always benign, BI-RADS…
Screening Mammography 101 and Beyond
You get on the elevator. The woman in the elevator smiles at you. The door closes. She clears her throat and says, “I know you don’t remember me, but you…
Physics Facts That WILL Improve Your Images
Many readers will skip this chapter. Don’t be one of them. Most of us learned physics in order to pass boards, but we never really made the leap to understanding…
The First Question
The first question that a radiologist should consider when interpreting any study is, “Is this an adequate study?” That topic encompasses many points in breast imaging: • Is this the…
