30. MAMMOGRAPHY
FINDINGS
• MICROCALCIFICATIONS SIGNIFY MALIGNANCY
• SOFT TISSUE SHADOW MAY BE SMOOTH, ROUND/OVAL AND REGULAR
• IN BENIGN CONDITIONS OR IRREGULAR IN CARCINOMAS. LOBULATED MASS IS ALSO SUGGESTIVE OF
CARCINOMA
• SIZE AND LOCATION OF MASS LESION
• SPICULATIONS, DUCT DISTORTION—FEATURES OF MALIGNANCY
• MARGIN MAY BE CIRCUMSCRIBED (BENIGN LESION), MICROLOBULATED,OBSCURE, ILL-DEFINED, SPICULATED
OR STELLATE