| Symptoms
& History
Physical
Findings
Stop
& Think
Lab
and X-Ray
Differential
Diagnosis
The
Disease
Treatment
Conclusions
Quiz
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The
mammogram is highly suspicious.
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Dense focal scarring could mean desmoplastic response to a malignancy.
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The radial pattern (scar tissue
streaming out from a central source), such as seen here, is highly associated
with malignancy.
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The presence of stippled calcifications
within the lesion is also very worrisome.
This lesion needs to be
biopsied.
But first we need some preliminary
lab data.
Better talk
to Ms. Anderson.
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