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Breast imaging – Mammography interpretation – Mammography lexicon – Calcifications – Change over time

  

Interval changes in the morphological appearance and number of microcalcifications on follow-up mammograms may suggest the possibility of malignant calcification. Image-guided biopsy will enable the evaluation to be completed and a diagnosis made .

Images of a single patient showing interval change of calcifications over time







































































  


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