80

Case 80



Indication: Screening.


History: Unremarkable.


Risk profile: No increased risk.


Age: 66 years.


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Fig. 80.1 a,b Digital mammography, MLO view.


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Clinical Findings


Normal.


Ultrasound (not shown)


No unusual findings.








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Please characterize the mammography findings.


What is your preliminary diagnosis?


What are your next steps?


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Fig. 80.2a,b Digital mammography, CC view.


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Fig. 80.3 Zoomed view of the region behind the right nipple, MLO view.


 


























BI-RADS Categorization


Clinical Findings


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Ultrasound


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Mammography


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BI-RADS Total


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This case presents images from screening mammography.


Ultrasound (not shown)


Normal echogenicity of the parenchyma bilaterally. No unusual findings in the right breast behind the nipple or elsewhere. US BI-RADS right 1/left 1.


Mammography


Symmetric, inhomogeneously dense parenchyma, ACR type 3. No circumscribed masses or densities. In the area behind the nipple of the right breast there was a lobulated, centrally transparent macrocalcification visible in MLO view. CC view here showed pronounced tramline-like arterial calcifications. No suspicious microcalcifications. BI-RADS right 1/left 1. PGMI: CC view P; MLO view P.


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Fig. 80.4a–c Mammography of the right breast in CC view. Enlarged and inverted images.


Sep 3, 2016 | Posted by in GENERAL RADIOLOGY | Comments Off on 80

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