Punctate microcalcification within the breast

Punctate microcalcifications in the breast are defined as calcific opacities <0.5 mm in diameter seen within the acini of a terminal duct lobular unit.

Pathology

Associations

• fibrocystic changes
• skin calcification
• skin talc
• rarely in DCIS: punctate, clustered, segmentally distributed

Radiographic features

• <0.5 mm in size
• small, round
• uniform in appearance
• diffuse
• often bilateral

BI-RADS categories

• scattered round calcifications: BI-RADS 2
• isolated cluster or if new or ipsilateral to cancer: BI-RADS 3 or 4

Siehe auch:

• Mikrokalk in der Mammographie