Digital Mammography Increases Breast Cancer Detection (IMAGE)

Radiological Society of North America

Digital Mammography Increases Breast Cancer Detection

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Routine screening mammogram in a 67-year-old woman shows subtle 12-mm asymmetric density with ill-defined margins representing small grade 3 cancer (arrow) on (a) lateral oblique view and (b) cranio-caudal view; it is difficult to see even on digital mammogram in a nondense breast. Sub¬sequent clinical examination was normal. (c) US confirmed 12-mm irregular hypoechoic mass (arrow). Patient underwent wire-guided surgical excision and sentinel node biopsy. Final histologic examination showed 14-mm grade 3 invasive ductal carcinoma, which was node negative.

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