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Case
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Age
Clinical presentation
BI-RADS
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Case:059
43
Premenopausal woman with average risk of developing breast cancer presented with pain and a lump in the left breast of duration 4–5 days. Examination revealed a large (6 cm) tender lump with redness of the overlying skin in the upper half of the left breast.
5 (Highly Suggestive of Malignancy)

2
Case:060
54
Postmenopausal woman with increased risk of developing breast cancer in view of family history presented with acute-onset left mastalgia and unilateral breast enlargement of the left breast. On examination, the left breast showed an area of acute tenderness and lumpish feel in the upper outer quadrant.
April 2013: 5 (Highly Suggestive of Malignancy)
July 2013: 6 (Known Biopsy-Proven Malignancy)
3
Case:117
60
Postmenopausal woman with increased risk because of a family history of breast cancer presented with increased size of the breast with pain. Examination revealed warmth and redness over the right breast with a large hard lump 8 cm in diameter. The lump was not fixed to the skin or the chest wall but she had nipple retraction on the same side.
5 (Highly Suggestive of Malignancy)

Total record number: 3
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