Punctate microcalcification within the breast
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Skandhan A, Bell D, Knipe H, et al. Punctate microcalcification within the breast. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 14 Dec 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-25776
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7 Nov 2013,
Avni K P Skandhan
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Synonyms:
- Mammary punctate microcalcification
- Punctate microcalcification on mammogram
- Punctate microcalcifications in the breast
- Punctate microcalcification within breast
- Mammographic punctate microcalcification
Punctate microcalcifications within the breast are defined as calcific opacities <0.5 mm in diameter seen within the acini of a terminal ductal lobular unit.
Epidemiology
Associations
- fibrocystic changes
- skin calcification
- skin talc
- rarely in DCIS: punctate, clustered, segmentally distributed
Radiographic features
- <0.5 mm in size
- small, round
- uniform in appearance
- diffuse
- often bilateral
BI-RADS categories
References
- 1. Sickles E. Breast Calcifications: Mammographic Evaluation. Radiology. 1986;160(2):289-93. doi:10.1148/radiology.160.2.3726103 - Pubmed
- 2. Kuzmiak C, Dancel R, Pisano E et al. Consensus Review: A Method of Assessment of Calcifications That Appropriately Undergo a Six-Month Follow-Up. Acad Radiol. 2006;13(5):621-9. doi:10.1016/j.acra.2006.01.042 - Pubmed
- 3. Bassett L. Mammographic Analysis of Calcifications. Radiol Clin North Am. 1992;30(1):93-105. - Pubmed
- 4. Marton Lanyi. Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis of Breast Calcifications. (2011) ISBN: 9783642714955 - Google Books
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- Suspicious breast calcifications
- Breast calcifications (an approach)
- Invasive breast carcinoma of no special type
- Magnification view (mammography)
- Comedo-type ductal carcinoma in situ
- Complex cystic and solid breast mass
- BSBR breast imaging classification
- Blunt duct adenosis of the breast
- Round breast calcification
- Breast calcifications
- Lobular carcinoma in situ
- Albert Salomon
Cases:
- Breast hamartoma
- Cold breast abscess
- Talcum powder masquerading as punctate microcalcification on mammmography
- Breast carcinoma (multicentric multifocal in mammary Paget disease)
- Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)
- Development of DCIS
- Ductal carcinoma in situ
- Breast microcalcifications - screening mammogram
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- adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast
- apocrine carcinoma of the breast
- breast cancer metastases
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- intracystic breast cancer
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breast cancer
- borderline breast disease / high risk breast lesion
- benign lesions
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- lymphocytic mastitis
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breast calcifications (approach)
- morphology
- distribution
- location
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- milk of calcium within a breast cyst
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