Surgical scar of the breast

Case contributed by Garth Kruger , 29 Mar 2013
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Matt Andrews, 22 Jan 2016

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Age changed from 68 to 70.
Race changed from Asian to .

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Question was changed:
2. You recommend a workup on a patient and she does not come back. Its a Birads zeroBIRADS 0 and its just sitting there. Do you just leave it?
Answer was changed:
Depends where you work. We make reasonable efforts to track the patient and note our efforts on the PacsPACS. If our efforts are unsuccessful we notify the referring MD by letter an difand if the BiradsBIRADS 0 is still there after 6 months we make an addendum to the report to say just what transpired. Don't just leave your BiradsBIRADS 0 uncompleted. Its poor medicine and a legal hazard.

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Findings was changed:

Alarming area of almost no echoesHypoechoic region with a spiculated marginlobulated margins and posterior shadowing.

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