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Calcifications

  • How does one distinguish heterogeneous dystrophic and heterogeneous malignant calcifications from each other?
  • List eight benign mammographic lesions and their typical calcification pattern.
  • List five differential diagnoses for pleomorphic or heterogeneous calcifications.
  • List three differential diagnoses for amorphous calcifications.
  • List three differential diagnoses for linear branching calcifications.
  • List two differential diagnoses for rim calcifications.
  • What are the three lexicon categories for describing calcifications on mammography?
  • What calcifications, using BIRADS lexicon, are typically benign?
  • What calcifications, using BIRADS lexicon, are typically malignant?
  • What cancer typically presents as calcifications?
  • What is a milk-of-calcium lesion? Is it benign or malignant?
  • What is the upper limit of normal for breast skin thickness?

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