global asymmetry in breast tissue

Global asymmetry in breast tissue is a form of breast asymmetry where at least one quadrant of a breast has a larger amount of fibroglandular density than the corresponding area in the contralateral breast. There is no mass, suspicious calcification, or architectural distortion.

This can occur from a number of causes:

• normal variation (most common) 
• surgery +/- breast reduction to the opposite breast
• pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia (PASH)

See also

• asymmetry in breast size

Siehe auch:

• Pseudoangiomatöse-Stroma-Hyperplasie (PASH)
• asymmetry in breast size
• Asymmetrical mammographic density

und weiter:

• asymmetrical density in mammography