How does one distinguish heterogeneous dystrophic and heterogeneous malignant calcifications from each other?
How does one distinguish heterogeneous dystrophic and heterogeneous malignant calcifications from each other?
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The dystrophic type tends to increase in coarseness but not number and involves the same area over time, often where a benign density (e.g., a fibroadenoma) is decreasing in size. The malignant heterogeneous calcifications spread out and increase in number over time, often in a ductal distribution.