Cara's Mammo cards Flashcards
When I say “The calcifications don t change configuration on CC and MLO views”
dermal calcifications (“tattoo sign”)
next step for possible skin calcs
tangential views
secretory calcifications: pre or post menopause?
post - don t call them secretory on a premenopausal
if they show you an ML view of calcifications
think of milk of calcium/tea cupping
what happens with skin thickening and trabecular thickening over time?
improves - otherwise it s recurrent disease
When I say “shrinking breast,” you say
ILC
When I say “thick coopers ligaments,” you say
edema
When I say “thick fuzzy coopers ligaments - with normal skin,” you say
blur
When I say “dashes but no dots,” you say
Secretory Calcifications
When I say “cigar shaped calcifications,” you say
Secretory Calcifications
When I say “popcorn calcifications,” you say
degenerated fibroadenoma
When I say “breast within a breast,” you say
hamartoma
When I say “fat-fluid level,” you say
galactocele
When I say “rapid growing fibroadenoma,” you say
Phyllodes
When I say “swollen red breast, not responding to antibiotics,” you say
inflammatory breast ca
When I say “ lines radiating to a single point,” you say
Architectural distortion.
When I say “Architectural distortion + Calcifications,” you say
IDC + DCIS
When I say “Architectural distortion without Calcifications,” you say
ILC/radial scar
When I say “Stepladder Sign,” you say
lntracapsular rupture on US
When I say “Linguine Sign,” you say
lntracapsular rupture on MRI
When I say “Residual Calcs in the Lumpectomy Bed,” you say
local recurrence
When I say “No calcs in the core,” you say
milk of calcium (requires polarized light to be seen)
what s different about mag views
What is the cost of mag view?
no grid, smaller focal spot (0.1 mm), air gap
Cost of mag view is increased radiation.
nipple enhancement on MRI - normal?
yes, normal - don t call it Pagets
which quadrant has most breast cancers?
upper outer (most tissue)
main blood supply to the breast?
(60%) is via the internal mammary
The sternalis muscle can only be seen on which view on Mamms
CC view
Most common location for ectopic breast tissue is in the
axilla
best time in cycle for mammogram (and MRI)
follicular phase (days 7-14)
Breast Tenderness is max around day
27-30.
most comprehensive risk model
Tyrer Cuzick (but does not include density)
