Punctate microcalcification within the breast
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Body
was changed:
Punctate microcalcifications in the breast are defined as calcific opacities < 0;0.5 mm in diameter seen within the acini of a terminal duct lobular unit.
Pathology
Associations
- fibrocystic changes
- skin calcification
- skin talc
- rarely in DCIS (punctate, clustered, segmentally distributed)
Radiographic features
- <
; 0;0.5 mm in size - small, round
- uniform in appearance
- diffuse
- often bilateral
BIRADS categories
- BIRADS 2: when scattered round calcifications
- BIRADS 3 or 4: when in isolated cluster or if new or ipsilateral to a cancer
-<p><strong>Punctate microcalcifications in the breast </strong>are defined as calcific opacities < 0.5 mm in diameter seen within the acini of a terminal duct lobular unit.</p><h4>Pathology</h4><h5>Associations</h5><ul>- +<p><strong>Punctate microcalcifications in the breast </strong>are defined as calcific opacities <0.5 mm in diameter seen within the acini of a terminal duct lobular unit.</p><h4>Pathology</h4><h5>Associations</h5><ul>
-<li>< 0.5 mm in size </li>- +<li><0.5 mm in size</li>
-<a href="/articles/breast-imaging-reporting-and-data-system-birads">BIRADS</a> 2: when scattered round calcifications</li>- +<a href="/articles/breast-imaging-reporting-and-data-system-birads">BIRADS</a> 2: when scattered round calcifications</li>
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