Role of dual-energy contrast-enhanced digital mammography as a problem-solving tool in dense breasts: A case report

Breast density is strongly and independently related to the risk of breast cancer. Women with very dense breasts may have up to five times higher chances of developing malignancy as compared to those with less breast density. Detecting lesions in extremely dense or heterogeneous breasts on screening...

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Autores principales: Sleeba, Teena, Subapradha, Anand, Ramachandran, Madan, Krishnaswami, Murali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
Materias:
Breat Radiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3843329/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24347851
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.120269
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Sumario:Breast density is strongly and independently related to the risk of breast cancer. Women with very dense breasts may have up to five times higher chances of developing malignancy as compared to those with less breast density. Detecting lesions in extremely dense or heterogeneous breasts on screening mammogram can be difficult. We report a case of incidental bilateral breast malignancy in an asymptomatic patient in whom mammogram and screening ultrasound were equivocal.

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