Benefits and drawbacks of mammography Breast Cancer detection with Mammography basically utilizes a low dose X-ray as the initial diagnostic tool. As with all X-rays, there are potential drawbacks to the procedure as well. Frequent X-rays of any kind are really not recommended for young people. Nonetheless, mammography is the primary factor in breast cancer […]
This is gross
Gross Cystic Disease Fluid Protein-15 (GCDFP-15) It is standard practice in breast cancer screening and staging that where there is a suspicious or unclear mammogram and ultrasound, a biopsy sample will be taken and given a histological evaluation. In addition to looking at the characteristics of the cells themselves, the pathologist will likely stain the […]
Mammoths
A discussion of conventional mammography A mammogram is basically an x-ray image of the breast. Differences in breast tissue generally show as different shades of grey in the image. Fat, being relatively radiolucent, appears as black on the film. ‘Radiolucent’ refers to anything that permits the penetration and passage of X-rays whereas ‘radiopaque’ refers […]
Here’s a little sci-fi
Scintimammography breast scintigraphy Scintimammography is a form of ‘nuclear medicine breast imaging‘. It is scintigraphy of a breast. It involves injecting a radioactive tracer into the patient. The tracer will accumulate differently in cancerous versus non-cancerous tissues, and can therefore help determine whether cancer is present. This page is still very useful, but getting a […]
Non-the-less
Therapeutic Management for Non-Invasive Breast Lesions at Screening A non-invasive lesion discovered through screening mammography presents a number of challenges in terms of appropriate follow-up. While there is little danger of anything too serious happening, there are decisions to be made as to the most prudent and least invasive follow-up measures. The first issue is […]
Peachy keen
Breast MRI contrast enhancement kinetics When MRI is used for breast cancer screening purposes, the MRI technicians will inject a contrast-enhancing agent into the blood stream, and then observe various kinds of changes or ‘enhancements‘ that may show in the suspected breast cancer lesion. Generally speaking, if there is neoplastic cell growth (possibly breast cancer) […]
A class full of gals…
Le Gal Classifications of microcalcifications The “Le-Gal” classifications system for microcalcifications originated in France in the early 1980s, and is still used in that country. However, the evaluations of microcalcifications has be superceded by the use the the BI-RADS classification system, which has proven to be more accurate and detailed. I just would like to […]
Typical mammogram findings
Mammogram Findings and Breast abnormalities There are about eight typical kinds of abnormalities that a conventional or diagnostic mammography may show. An experienced radiologist is highly tuned to the appearance of breast abnormalities in diagnostic imaging. This is why, most of the time, the radiologist has a pretty good idea whether a suspicious abnormality is likely […]
Disea-zuska!
Zuska’s breast disease: Lactiferous fistula Zuska’s disease is rare but painful breast disorder which can often cause concern for possible breast cancer. However, Zuska’s breast disease is not related to cancer at all, but it is still a serious condition. Also known as “lactiferous fistula“, or Zuska-Atkins disease, it is a rare and recurrent disorder […]
Breast density BI-RADS classification
Breast Density classifications according to the BI-RADS lexicon. Breast density is thought to be a factor for an increase in the risk of breast cancer. The idea was originally met with scepticism, but the consensus now is that it is indeed a true risk element and of interest to screening mammography. Essentially, the density of the […]
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