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Management of Breast Calcifications - Case 8

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Um case number eight is a 45 year

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old. So mistake is patient is here

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for stereotactic biopsy of these calcifications. So

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the specimen radiograph. I don't know how well

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you can see it on the specimen radiograph while performing the

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stereotactic biopsy is shown which actually

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does not show any calcifications. So the

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question is, what is the best next step to

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do?

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Okay, I'm great. So.

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Majority voted for C, which

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is actually the correct answer you want to obtain more

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samples. So what you hear is like you definitely

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see a group of geomorphic calcifications, right?

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And we see on the on the specimen

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radiograph. There are no calcifications noted

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and if you look at it, these are like about five

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or six tiny samples. So if this occurs we

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need to do additional samples,

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While the patient is still on the stereotactic table,

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either you can retarget the calcifications or

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you use a directional capabilities of

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the vacuum assisted needle what I mean

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is like if the back if the calcifications are

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on the inferior part of the inferior part

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of the needle, you can actually move your

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chamber towards the inferior part and

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and suck those calcifications.

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Suck that suck those calcification that way again after

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you do that

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you need to do an additional specimen radiograph to

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make sure that the calcium is within the specimen.

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what happens is that if you don't have representative calcification,

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then the possibility of a false negative

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biopsy increases significantly, so therefore

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you don't want to put

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A clip at that

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at this point and you want to get more cores at

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the instead. The follow-up diagnostic

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mammogram in six months is not appropriate in

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case of insufficient biopsy and surgical

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Council does not recommended when

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there is a high probability of success if

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we do more sampling

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Faculty

Jean Kunjummen, DO

Associate Professor, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences,

Emory School of Medicine

Tags

Mammography

Breast