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Biopsy of Grouped Round Breast Calcification on Mammography

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Here's another patient that was recalled from a

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baseline screening mammogram for calcifications, and

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my left image is the callback mammogram magnification

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CC view. And I know it's... the images are definitely

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harder to see on probably your home computer than

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if you were using a breast imaging monitor,

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but hopefully, you can see this group of round and

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punctate calcifications in the outer breast here.

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And this was on a baseline exam. There was

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just an isolated group, the morphology on

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this magnification view is round and punctate.

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So this was appropriately

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given a BI-RADS 3 assessment,

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and the patient came back in six months.

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So my image on the right is the same

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magnification CC view at the six-month

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follow-up appointment, and the calcifications,

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again, I think it's a little hard to see them,

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but hopefully, they are projecting okay on your monitors.

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But they have increased in number, and they have a more

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amorphous look than what they did on their prior exam.

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So given this change on the 6-month follow-up, they

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were recommended for biopsy, and the biopsy resulted in

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flat epithelial atypia and

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atypical lobular hyperplasia.

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So, as a high-risk lesion, it was

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recommended for surgical excision.

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These were excised, and there was no malignancy on the

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surgical biopsy, and the atypia was completely removed.

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So this is when we're doing the 6-month follow-up.

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This is an example of a change that would

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cause us to change our recommendation

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from a BI-RADS 3 to a BI-RADS 4,

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because amorphous group calcifications no

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longer fit into that BI-RADS 3 category.

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And so the radiologist appropriately recommended

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biopsy, and we were able to diagnose this atypia.

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Faculty

Emily B. Ambinder, MD

Assistant Professor - Breast Imaging Division

The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Medicine

Tags

Women's Health

Mammography

Idiopathic

Breast