Mammographic findings of linear, thick, rod-like calcifications with symmetric distribution
Plasma Cell Mastitis
“popcorn”-like coarse calcifications
Fibroadenomas
Rim-like or curvilinear calcifications, often surrounding a lucent fat-containing area on mammography
Fat Necrotic Oil Cysts
Fine, pleomorphic, or branching calcifications that tend to follow a segmental or clustered distribution
DCIS
Subtle architectural distortion or asymmetry on mammography
Lobular Carcinoma
Most breast cancers occur in the…
upper outer quadrant
Most breast cancers start in the….
Terminal duct lobular unit (TDLU)
Majority 60% of the blood flow to breast is via
internal mammary
Sternalis muscle is seen only on
CC never MLO
Mammography and MRI are best performed in the …. phase
follicular (d 7 -14)
Breast lesion with a fat-fluid level
Galactocele
Posterior nipple line
Drawn on MLO from nipple to chest wall
Needs to touch pec muscle to be adequate
On CC draw a line from nipple back towards chest wall
To be adequate must be within 1cm length go the posterior nipple line
LMO view
Women with kyphosis or pectus excavatum
or to avoid a medial pacemaker or central line
When using Magnification Views what is obtained?
A CC and ML (true lateral) are obtained. You get a ML (as opposed to a MLO) to help catch milk of calcium.
Maximized Visualization of the Axillary and posterior tissue is what view
MLO
Maximizes the posterior medial tissue is what view?
CC
Shows the lateral breast (the one closest to the detector) in better detail is what view?
ML
Shows the medial breast in better detail is what view?
LM
What view when - “Nodule” seen only in CC View
Rolled CC
What view when - “Nodule” favored to be in the skin
Tangential (TAN)
What view when - “Nodule” favored to be milk of calcium
True Lateral
What view when - “Nodule” in the far posterior medial breast
Cleavage View (CV)
What view when - Breast Implants
“Eklund Views” or
Implant Displaced (MLOID, CCID)
What view when - Calcifications
Magnification View
