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Spontaneously Disappearing Calcifications in the Breast: A Rare Instance Where a Decrease in Size on Mammogram Is Not Good

Spontaneously resolving breast calcification on mammography is a rare radiologic finding. This phenomenon is defined by a decrease in number and/or prominence of breast calcifications on mammogram when compared to prior imaging. The significance of resolving breast calcifications remains unclear, bu...

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Autores principales: Nguyen, Quan D, Nguyen, Nga T, Dixon, Linden, Posleman Monetto, Flavia E, Robinson, Angelica S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7377655/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32714691
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8753
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Sumario:Spontaneously resolving breast calcification on mammography is a rare radiologic finding. This phenomenon is defined by a decrease in number and/or prominence of breast calcifications on mammogram when compared to prior imaging. The significance of resolving breast calcifications remains unclear, but they have been reported in cases of malignancy. In current literature, patients whose imaging illustrated a decrease in calcifications usually had other concomitant breast complaints. We are presenting a case of invasive ductal carcinoma, in which the patient was asymptomatic on physical examination. Spontaneously resolving breast calcification and lymphadenopathy were the only abnormal findings on screening mammogram.