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54-year-old woman recalled for calcifications in left upper outer breast

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Our next case is a 54-year-old woman,

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recalled for evaluation of calcifications

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in the left upper outer breast.

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So here's our screening views for this

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patient, and there were some calcifications

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in the left upper outer breast.

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So if we magnify these a little bit,

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it was this, this area of calcifications here.

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If you look at the CC view, on the CC view,

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it looks like there's some scattered calcifications.

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It's difficult to see a group.

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So when we brought the patient

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back, we did magnification views

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in the CC and lateral projection.

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So here's the CC view.

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And there are some scattered calcifications.

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It's difficult to see a group.

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They're fairly smudgy looking.

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And then in the lateral view,

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the calcifications of interest form layers.

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So you can see these sort of lines and

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almost like little teacups or menisci.

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There's little layers here.

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This is a total change from

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how they looked on the CC view.

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And this is consistent with

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benign milk of calcium.

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So we don't need to do anything further with this.

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And there are a couple of round

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calcifications in that area as well, but the.

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Calcifications of interest were benign

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milk of calcium, and that's related

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to calcifications or calcium deposits

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layering within microcysts in the breast.

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The cysts may be so small that you don't see

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the cysts, but you see the calcifications.

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Faculty

Lisa Ann Mullen, MD

Assistant Professor; Breast Imaging Fellowship Director

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Tags

Women's Health

Non-infectious Inflammatory

Mammography

Breast

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