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Case number:133
Age:42
Clinical presentation:Premenopausal woman presented for mammography screening. She had an increased risk of developing breast cancer in view of family history of breast cancer.


Mammography:


Breast composition:ACR category a (the breasts are almost entirely fatty)
Mammography features:

 ‣ Location of the lesion:None
 ‣ Mass:
   • Number:0
   • Size:None
   • Shape:None
   • Margins:None
   • Density:None
 ‣ Calcifications:
   • Typically benign:None
   • Suspicious:None
   • Distribution:None
 ‣ Architectural distortion:None
 ‣ Asymmetry:None
 ‣ Intramammary node:None
 ‣ Skin lesion:None
 ‣ Solitary dilated duct:None
 ‣ Associated features:None

BI-RADS:

BI-RADS Category: 1 (negative)

Case summary:

Premenopausal woman with increased risk of developing breast cancer presented for mammography screening. Diagnosed as BI-RADS 1 on imaging.

Learning points:


  • Mammography screening delivered in a quality-assured manner is highly efficient in detecting disease at an early stage in asymptomatic women and can reduce breast cancer mortality by nearly 40% in the screened women.

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