3D Mammography Significantly Reduces Breast Biopsy Rates (IMAGE)

Radiological Society of North America

3D Mammography Significantly Reduces Breast Biopsy Rates

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Images in a 46-year-old asymptomatic woman who was recalled for asymmetry in the right breast that was assessed as benign on further diagnostic mammograms and in whom targeted US findings were normal. Full-field digital mammography findings were false negative, and biopsy re¬vealed intermediate ductal carcinoma in situ. (a) Right mediolateral oblique (MLO) and (b) lateral views. (c) Right MLO digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) image shows an indeterminate spiculated density that was coded R3 indeterminate. Stereotactic-guided DBT biopsy was performed and revealed a papil¬loma with atypia. The patient underwent surgical diagnostic biopsy, which showed a 4-mm intermediate-grade ductal carcinoma in situ.

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