Presentation
Round 6 breast screen. Asymptomatic.
Patient Data
Age: 70 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Homogeneously dense breast tissue
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Digital imaging shows homogeneously dense breasts with a residual glandularity >90%.
From the case:
Homogeneously dense breast tissue
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Mammographic breast composition:
- A: involuted breast is almost entirely fat (1-24% residual glandularity)
- B: scattered fibroglandular densities (25-50%)
- C: heterogeneously dense breast tissue (51-75%)
- D: extremely dense (>75% glandularity)
Case Discussion
Dense breasts have a 4-6 fold increase in life time risk of breast cancer.