Coarse macrocalcifications within breast tissuse
Coarse macrocalcifications within the breast are a morphological descriptive term for a type of breast calcification.
Associations
- involuting fibroadenomas ( classical popcorn calcification )
- chronic renal disease with hypercalcemia
- rarely seen in malignancy
- invasive breast carcinomas
- extra skeletal osteosarcoma of the breast
Other entities to consider are formation of silicone granulomas especially if there is a history of free silicone injection and the calcifications are extensive.
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