Abstract

Review Article: Breast Calcifications on Mammography

Highlights

  • Calcifications are a common finding in the breast, and they can appear as unequivocally benign, unequivocally malignant, or indeterminate

  • This review aims to cover the BIRADS fifth edition descriptors and lexicons of breast calcifications on mammography

  • We aim to review the imaging descriptors of benign and malignant calcifications seen on mammograms with a pictorial representation and brief literature review

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Background

Calcifications are a common entity on mammograms, with most being benign. With the evolution in mammogram technology and screening programmes, microcalcifications have become easier to detect with reporting of DCIS increasing, thereby reducing patient mortality. We aim to review the imaging descriptors of benign and malignant calcifications seen on mammograms with a pictorial representation and brief literature review

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