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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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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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author | Nguyen, Quan D Nguyen, Nga T Dixon, Linden Posleman Monetto, Flavia E Robinson, Angelica S |
author_facet | Nguyen, Quan D Nguyen, Nga T Dixon, Linden Posleman Monetto, Flavia E Robinson, Angelica S |
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description | 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. |
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spelling | pubmed-73776552020-07-24 Spontaneously Disappearing Calcifications in the Breast: A Rare Instance Where a Decrease in Size on Mammogram Is Not Good Nguyen, Quan D Nguyen, Nga T Dixon, Linden Posleman Monetto, Flavia E Robinson, Angelica S Cureus Preventive Medicine 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. Cureus 2020-06-21 /pmc/articles/PMC7377655/ /pubmed/32714691 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8753 Text en Copyright © 2020, Nguyen et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Preventive Medicine Nguyen, Quan D Nguyen, Nga T Dixon, Linden Posleman Monetto, Flavia E Robinson, Angelica S Spontaneously Disappearing Calcifications in the Breast: A Rare Instance Where a Decrease in Size on Mammogram Is Not Good |
title | Spontaneously Disappearing Calcifications in the Breast: A Rare Instance Where a Decrease in Size on Mammogram Is Not Good |
title_full | Spontaneously Disappearing Calcifications in the Breast: A Rare Instance Where a Decrease in Size on Mammogram Is Not Good |
title_fullStr | Spontaneously Disappearing Calcifications in the Breast: A Rare Instance Where a Decrease in Size on Mammogram Is Not Good |
title_full_unstemmed | Spontaneously Disappearing Calcifications in the Breast: A Rare Instance Where a Decrease in Size on Mammogram Is Not Good |
title_short | Spontaneously Disappearing Calcifications in the Breast: A Rare Instance Where a Decrease in Size on Mammogram Is Not Good |
title_sort | spontaneously disappearing calcifications in the breast: a rare instance where a decrease in size on mammogram is not good |
topic | Preventive Medicine |
url | 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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