Vascular calcification in breast
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Vascular calcifications in the breast are calcifications associated with blood vessels.
Epidemiology
They are most often seen in post menopausal women with arteriosclerotic heart disease.
Pathology
Results due to calcified atherosclerotic plaques in the arterial walls.
Associations
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coronary arterial disease: considered an independent risk factor 2-3 (particularly in the 50
- 59-59 age group 5) - in younger patients, vascular calcifications in the breast are often associated with diabetes
- chronic renal disease
Radiographic features
Mammography
Vascular calcifications are typically seen as dense, linear, parallel, circuitous or tram-track like calcifications. There are usually not oriented in the direction of the duct towards the nipple-areolar complex.
See also
-<p><strong>Vascular calcifications in the breast</strong> are calcifications associated with blood vessels. </p><h4>Epidemiology </h4><p>They are most often seen in post menopausal women with arteriosclerotic heart disease. </p><h4>Pathology</h4><p>Results due to calcified atherosclerotic plaques in the arterial walls.</p><h5>Associations</h5><ul>- +<p><strong>Vascular calcifications in the breast</strong> are calcifications associated with blood vessels. </p><h4>Epidemiology</h4><p>They are most often seen in post menopausal women with arteriosclerotic heart disease. </p><h4>Pathology</h4><p>Results due to calcified atherosclerotic plaques in the arterial walls.</p><h5>Associations</h5><ul>
-<a href="/articles/coronary-arterial-disease" title="coronary arterial disease">coronary arterial disease</a> : considered an independent risk factor <sup>2-3</sup> (particularly in the 50 - 59 age group <sup>5</sup>-</li>-<li>in younger patients, vascular calcifications in the breast are often associated with <a href="/articles/diabetes" title="diabetes">diabetes</a> </li>-<li><a href="/articles/chronic-renal-disease" title="chronic renal disease">chronic renal disease</a></li>-</ul><h4>Radiographic features</h4><h5><span id="Mammogram">Mammography</span></h5><p><span id="Mammogram"></span>Vascular calcifications are typically seen as dense, linear, parallel, circuitous or tram-track like calcifications. There are usually not oriented in the direction of the duct towards the nipple-areolar complex.</p><h4>See also</h4><ul><li><a href="/articles/breast-calcifications" title="Breast calcification">breast calcification</a></li></ul>- +<a href="/articles/coronary-arterial-disease">coronary arterial disease</a>: considered an independent risk factor <sup>2-3</sup> (particularly in the 50-59 age group <sup>5</sup>)</li>
- +<li>in younger patients, vascular calcifications in the breast are often associated with <a href="/articles/diabetes">diabetes</a> </li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/chronic-renal-disease">chronic renal disease</a></li>
- +</ul><h4>Radiographic features</h4><h5>Mammography</h5><p>Vascular calcifications are typically seen as dense, linear, parallel, circuitous or tram-track like calcifications. There are usually not oriented in the direction of the duct towards the nipple-areolar complex.</p><h4>See also</h4><ul><li><a href="/articles/breast-calcifications">breast calcification</a></li></ul>
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