Atypical ductal hyperplasia presenting as pseudomicrocalcifications

Henry C H Tsai; Helena Chang; Sanford H Barsky

doi:10.1046/j.1524-4741.2003.09113.x

Atypical ductal hyperplasia presenting as pseudomicrocalcifications

Breast J. 2003 Jan-Feb;9(1):39-40. doi: 10.1046/j.1524-4741.2003.09113.x.

Authors

Henry C H Tsai¹, Helena Chang, Sanford H Barsky

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA.

PMID: 12558669
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4741.2003.09113.x

Abstract

A 53-year-old white female on mammography had "suspicious" microcalcifications. Upon excision, these turned out to be pseudomicrocalcifications created by the intraductal cellular proliferations of atypical ductal hyperplasia so dense as to create radiodensities.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Biopsy
Breast / pathology*
Breast Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Breast Neoplasms / pathology
Calcinosis / diagnosis*
Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging
Calcinosis / pathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Hyperplasia / diagnosis*
Hyperplasia / diagnostic imaging
Hyperplasia / pathology
Middle Aged
Radiography
Ultrasonography, Mammary