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Breast popcorn calcifications

Case contributed by Mohammad Taghi Niknejad
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Routine screening.

Patient Data

Age: 65 years
Gender: Female
mammography

Popcorn like benign appearing calcifications are seen in both breasts.

Case Discussion

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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