Vascular Breast Calcifications Vascular breast calcifications, or ‘calcification of the arteries‘ are benign calcifications and completely unrelated to breast cancer. Essentially they are calcium deposits that line the blood vessel walls in the breast. They are frequently discovered on a breast cancer screening mammogram, but are seldom even mentioned on a mammographic report except as […]
Complex Cyst of the Breast: What does complicated mean, really?
Complex Breast Cyst A ‘complex‘ or ‘complicated‘ breast cyst, refers to cysts that contain something besides clear fluid. A simple breast cyst, on the other hand, only contains clear fluid. Indeed, this is usually something harmless like an old blood clot or debris. These cysts are on the upper end of the continuum of abnormalities […]
SECTION 4.c. ATYPICAL & IN-SITU CONDITIONS
Intraductal Papilloma and More: Section 4.c. CONTENTS: 4.3 Columnar Cell Lesions 4.3.1 Columnar Cell Change (CCC, CAPPS, FEA) 4.3.2 Flat Epithelial Atypia (FEA) 4.4 Papillary Lesions 4.4.1 Intraductal Papilloma with Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia (ADH) 4.4.2 Intraductal Papilloma with Ductal Carcinoma In-Situ (DCIS) 4.4.3 Intraduct Papillary Carcinoma 4.4.4 Encapsulated Papillary Carcinoma 4.4.5 Solid Papillary Carcinoma Forward […]
SECTION 4.a. ATYPICAL & IN-SITU CONDITIONS
Atypical Hyperplasia: Section 4.a. CONTENTS: 4.1 Atypical Epithelial Hyperplasia 4.1.1 Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia (ADH) 4.1.2 Atypical Lobular Hyperplasia (ALH) Forward to 4B on Ductal Carcinoma In-Situ (DCIS). Back to 3D gynecomastia. A consequence of the mammographic breast screening program is the early detection of breast cancer and also the detection of atypical, pre-malignant or ‘predictive’ […]
Tubular Adenoma
Tubular Adenoma A tubular adenoma is a kind of breast adenoma characterized by densely packed ‘tubular’ and ‘acinar’ (bud-like) cell formations. An adenoma is a disorganized neoplasm consisting of various amounts of glandular, fibrous, and fat tissue that can result in a mass or pseudo-lesion. Tubular adenomas are sometimes called ‘pure’ adenomas because they tend […]
All about Nodular Fasciitis of the Breast
Nodular Fasciitis of the breast Nodular breast fasciitis is a benign, small, fibrous cellular growth, which often grows as a mesenchymal (stem cell) reaction to an injury. Other common names for the condition are:- subcutaneous pseudosarcomatous fibromatosis pseudosarcomatous fibromatosis They tend to grow on the subcutis, which is a layer of connective tissue beneath the […]
Dystrophic calcifications of the breast
Dystrophic Breast Calcification Radiographers commonly find breast calcifications on a mammogram, and dystrophic calcification is a certain type of calcification. Specialists consider dystrophic calcification to be a benign (non-cancerous) finding. However, the most common situation to find dystrophic calcification is following breast cancer radiation treatments. These calcifications will often show up on a followup investigation and […]
Leiomyoma of the Breast: Everything that you need to know
Leiomyoma of the breast A leiomyoma is a benign tumor of smooth muscle cells. Indeed, let’s have a little Latin; so, ‘leio‘ means ‘smooth’ ‘myo‘ means ‘muscle’ and ‘oma‘ means ‘tumor’. So, the description is in the name really. However, please don’t worry because this is a benign lesion. Furthermore, this lesion can occur in […]
Fibroadenolipoma, a kind of breast nodule.
Breast Fibroadenolipoma Fibroadenolipoma is a name frequently used to describe a breast hamartoma. Sometimes called a ‘breast within a breast‘, it is a benign proliferation of glandular, fibrous, and fat tissues, encapsulated in a thin layer of connective tissue. It is a breast lesion or tumor (oma) which might show on imaging studies, or in […]
Lobular Neoplasia
Lobular Neoplasia The term lobular neoplasia tends to suggest an early breast pre-cancer development, which is more of a ‘serious risk factor‘ that might eventually lead to a more ductal or lobular cancer in both breasts, rather than an imminent cancer threat. There are two typical kinds of lobular neoplasia; LCIS, and ALH, discussed below. […]