BREAST IMAGING

Diagnostic Breast Imaging

Jul 16, 2016 by in BREAST IMAGING Comments Off on Diagnostic Breast Imaging

Diagnostic Breast Imaging APPROACH TO DIAGNOSTIC BREAST IMAGING The diagnostic patient population is composed of two groups of patients: those with abnormal screening mammograms requiring additional imaging evaluation, and those…

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Breast Cancer, an Overview

Jul 16, 2016 by in BREAST IMAGING Comments Off on Breast Cancer, an Overview

Breast Cancer, an Overview Breast cancer is a common, life-threatening disease. If skin cancers are excluded, breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed malignancy and a leading cause of cancer…

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Diagnostic Breast Imaging

Jun 30, 2016 by in BREAST IMAGING Comments Off on Diagnostic Breast Imaging

Diagnostic Breast Imaging Terms Adenosis tumor Air gap Axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) Cat scratch disease Columnar alteration with prominent apical snouts and secretions (CAPSS) Complex fibroadenoma Complex sclerosing lesion…

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Management

Jun 30, 2016 by in BREAST IMAGING Comments Off on Management

Management Terms Atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH) Atypical lobular hyperplasia (ALH) Columnar alteration with prominent apical snouts and secretions (CAPSS) Complex sclerosing lesion Cribriform ductal carcinoma in situ Ductal carcinoma in…

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Screening

Jun 30, 2016 by in BREAST IMAGING Comments Off on Screening

Screening Terms Apocrine carcinomas Artifacts Axillary nodal metastasis Batch interpretation Biopsy changes Breast cancer statistics Call-back (recall) rates Contrast Craniocaudal views (CC) Cysts Diffuse changes Distortion Ductal carcinoma in situ…

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My Aunt Minnie

Jun 30, 2016 by in BREAST IMAGING Comments Off on My Aunt Minnie

My Aunt Minnie Terms Amorphous calcifications Artifacts Calcified parasites Cysts Dystrophic calcifications Extracapsular implant rupture Fibroadenolipomas Gel bleed Hair Hickman catheter Hyalinizing fibroadenomas Implants Intracapsular implant rupture Keloids Lipomas Lucent…

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