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1 topic, 1 min.
7 topics, 21 min.
Welcome to Advanced Tomosynthesis Mastery Course
1 m.Introduction to Tomosynthesis (DBT) - Why Learn about Tomosynthesis?
3 m.Image Acquisition Technique, Positioning, and Physics
5 m.Screening & Diagnostic Performance of Tomosynthesis
4 m.CAD/AI in Tomosynthesis
2 m.Image Quality and Common Artifacts
8 m.Motion Artifact Case Example on Tomosynthesis
2 m.5 topics, 23 min.
10 topics, 29 min.
Normal Findings - Palpable Lump Focal Fibroglandular Tissue
4 m.Normal Findings - Palpable Lump Unilateral Axillary
4 m.Normal Findings - Palpable Lump Bilateral Axillary
4 m.Normal Findings - Screening Mammogram - Calcifications
3 m.Normal Findings - Screening Mammogram - Dermal Calcifications
3 m.Normal Findings - Screening Mammogram - Deodorant Artifact Example 1
4 m.Normal Findings - Screening Mammogram - Deodorant Artifact Example 2
3 m.Normal Findings - Screening Mammogram - Deodorant Artifact Example 3
2 m.Normal Findings - History of Lumpectomy
4 m.Normal Findings - Diagnostic Mammogram after Right Breast Masses on Screening
4 m.8 topics, 24 min.
Mammographic Asymmetries and Masses - Overview
7 m.Asymmetry - Invasive Ductal Carcinoma
3 m.Focal Asymmetry - Focal Fibroglandular Tissue - Benign
4 m.Developing Asymmetry
4 m.Solitary Mass - Fibroadenoma
2 m.Solitary Mass - Malignancy
3 m.Multiple, Bilateral Masses - Case 1
3 m.Multiple, Bilateral Masses - Case 2
2 m.3 topics, 4 min.
8 topics, 18 min.
5 topics, 17 min.
Architectural Distortion on Tomosynthesis - Imaging & Management - Overview
6 m.Pseudodistortion on Screening Mammogram, Normal on DBT
4 m.Architectural Distortion - Radial Scar / Complex Sclerosing Lesion
4 m.Architectural Distortion - Radiating Lines, Asymmetry / Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (IDC)
3 m.Architectural Distortion - Radiating Lines, Mass / Invasive Lobular Carcinoma (ILC)
3 m.8 topics, 22 min.
Calcifications on Tomosynthesis - Overview
5 m.Pseudocalcifications - Case 1
3 m.Pseudocalcifications - Case 2
3 m.Calcifications - Typically Benign - Milk of Calcium - Case 1
3 m.Calcifications - Typically Benign - Milk of Calcium - Case 2
2 m.Calcifications - Suspicious - Amorphous / Malignancy (BI-RADS 4B)
4 m.Calcifications - Suspicious - Coarse Heterogeneous / Benign
2 m.Calcifications - Suspicious - Segmental Fine Linear Branching / Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (BI-RADS 4C)
4 m.7 topics, 18 min.
Associated Nipple Retraction, Palpable Mass / Invasive Ductal Carcinoma
3 m.Axillary Adenopathy - Unilateral / Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
3 m.Axillary Adenopathy - Bilateral / History of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
2 m.Skin Thickening - Prior Lumpectomy, Post Radiation
2 m.Skin Thickening, Asymmetry - Inflammatory Carcinoma / Invasive Ductal Carcinoma
4 m.Skin Thickening, Calcifications - Inflammatory Carcinoma / Invasive Ductal Carcinoma
3 m.Skin Thickening, Mass - Locally Advanced Breast Carcinoma
3 m.9 topics, 19 min.
Post Breast Reduction - Case 1
4 m.Post Breast Reduction - Case 2
2 m.Post Breast Reduction - Case 3
2 m.Post Lumpectomy - Benign Findings - Case 1
3 m.Post Lumpectomy - Benign Findings - Case 2
2 m.Post Lumpectomy - Recurrence
5 m.Post Lumpectomy - Benign Fat Necrosis
3 m.Silicone Injection
3 m.Concluding Remarks
1 m.0:00
In this case, we have a 30-year-old female presenting
0:02
with a palpable abnormality in the left breast.
0:06
The location is not specified, um, by the patient,
0:11
um, and was obtained at an outside facility,
0:15
potentially, um, felt by her, uh, provider.
0:19
If you look at image quality,
0:20
uh, this looks like a good exam.
0:21
We see nice pectoralis muscles,
0:23
and IMF is great here on the right.
0:25
Maybe a little marginal on the left,
0:28
uh, but certainly an adequate study.
0:31
Let's look at just the left breast, um,
0:33
and see if we can find anything there.
0:35
As we look at these SM views, we can see that
0:37
there's one area that stands out here in the
0:39
left breast and the lateral side, which has,
0:41
uh, fat-containing mass with a thin encapsulated
0:44
margin containing some internal lobular.
0:48
Corresponding,
0:49
on the left side, we see an oval fat-containing
0:51
mass with a thin circumscribed margin, um,
0:53
with, uh, some internal fibrous elements.
0:57
Just to confirm, we would look through
0:58
the DBT slices, and as we scroll to the
1:01
middle of the imaging stack, again, you
1:03
can really see that margin very nicely.
1:05
In this case, we can follow it almost all the
1:07
way around, proving that it, it is, uh, thin and
1:10
circumscribed in its entirety, and within that
1:13
fat-containing mass, the fibrous elements all look normal
1:16
in appearance with no associated abnormal periareolar masses.
1:19
Um, and we can also confirm that
1:21
on the lateral view as well.
1:23
You see the thin encapsulated margin, fat-containing
1:26
mass with normal IGL elements contained within.
1:30
And these findings are compatible
1:31
with a benign hematoma.
1:33
The patient can return to routine screening next year.
Interactive Transcript
0:00
In this case, we have a 30-year-old female presenting
0:02
with a palpable abnormality in the left breast.
0:06
The location is not specified, um, by the patient,
0:11
um, and was obtained at an outside facility,
0:15
potentially, um, felt by her, uh, provider.
0:19
If you look at image quality,
0:20
uh, this looks like a good exam.
0:21
We see nice pectoralis muscles,
0:23
and IMF is great here on the right.
0:25
Maybe a little marginal on the left,
0:28
uh, but certainly an adequate study.
0:31
Let's look at just the left breast, um,
0:33
and see if we can find anything there.
0:35
As we look at these SM views, we can see that
0:37
there's one area that stands out here in the
0:39
left breast and the lateral side, which has,
0:41
uh, fat-containing mass with a thin encapsulated
0:44
margin containing some internal lobular.
0:48
Corresponding,
0:49
on the left side, we see an oval fat-containing
0:51
mass with a thin circumscribed margin, um,
0:53
with, uh, some internal fibrous elements.
0:57
Just to confirm, we would look through
0:58
the DBT slices, and as we scroll to the
1:01
middle of the imaging stack, again, you
1:03
can really see that margin very nicely.
1:05
In this case, we can follow it almost all the
1:07
way around, proving that it, it is, uh, thin and
1:10
circumscribed in its entirety, and within that
1:13
fat-containing mass, the fibrous elements all look normal
1:16
in appearance with no associated abnormal periareolar masses.
1:19
Um, and we can also confirm that
1:21
on the lateral view as well.
1:23
You see the thin encapsulated margin, fat-containing
1:26
mass with normal IGL elements contained within.
1:30
And these findings are compatible
1:31
with a benign hematoma.
1:33
The patient can return to routine screening next year.
Report
Faculty
Ryan W. Woods, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Radiology
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Tags
Women's Health
Tomosynthesis
Oncologic Imaging
Mammography
Breast
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