Pleomorphic Calcifications on Mammography

IMAGING FINDINGS: ​

​Standard craniocaudal (CC) and mediolateral oblique views of both breasts demonstrate a grouping of fine pleomorphic calcifications in the subareolar right breast.

WHY IT MATTERS:

1. Calcifications are one of the main things you are looking for on a mammogram. They can be benign or malignant. The morphology of the calcifications helps to determine your level of suspicion.
2. Descriptors which imply suspicious morphology of calcifications include amorphous, coarse heterogeneous, fine pleomorphic and fine linear.
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FURTHER READING:
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