Calcifications Flashcards
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What view is most important when evaluating calcs though to represent milk of calcium?
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90 degree lateral view
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dermal calcs
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typically benign calcifications
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- vascular
- round
- coarse
- milk of calcium
- large rod like
- rim dystrophic
- suture
- skin
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BI-RADS for new or changing calcs
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4 or 5
anything new or changing is suspicious!
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calcifications in DCIS are due to
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comedo necrosis in ducts
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Secretory calcs
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Radiation changes
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dermal calcs:
most common in the parasternal area and inframammary fold
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fine pleomorphic
= scary
BR 4 or 5
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segmental fine pleomorphic calcs. BAD!
BR 5
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Dermatomyositis
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15
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autologous fat injection
deep oil cysts bilaterally - a lot of them
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what bir-rads?
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BR-2. multiple popcorn (dystrophic) calcs = multiple degenerating fibroadenomas
