Popcorn calcification within the breast

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Popcorn calcification in the breast is the classical description for the calcification seen in involuting fibroadenomas, which, as the name suggests, has a popcorn-like appearance.

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A fibroadenoma in the long run may degenerate and calcify. Initially there are a few punctate peripheral microcalcifications. These, with time, become more dense and coarse finally giving rise to the classical popcorn appearance.

-<p><strong>Popcorn calcification in the breast</strong> is the classical description for the calcification seen in involuting fibroadenomas, which as the name suggests has a popcorn-like appearance. </p><h4>Pathology</h4><p>A <a href="/articles/fibroadenoma-breast">fibroadenoma</a> in the long run may degenerate and calcify. Initially there are a few punctate peripheral microcalcifications. These with time become more dense and coarse finally giving rise to the classical popcorn appearance.</p>
+<p><strong>Popcorn calcification in the breast</strong> is the classical description for the calcification seen in involuting <a title="Fibroadenomas" href="/articles/fibroadenoma-breast">fibroadenomas</a> which, as the name suggests, has a popcorn-like appearance. </p><h4>Pathology</h4><p>A <a href="/articles/fibroadenoma-breast">fibroadenoma</a> in the long run may degenerate and calcify. Initially there are a few punctate peripheral microcalcifications. These, with time, become more dense and coarse finally giving rise to the classical popcorn appearance.</p>

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