Micro-lime

Microcalcification becomes visible in mammography when small calcium deposits have formed in the tissue of the mammary gland . Such small calcifications can be seen as white spots on the X-ray .

Micro-lime

Medical importance

Microcalcifications are found as remnants of dead cells. It can be an indication of breast cancer . The number, sharp-edged shapes and certain geometric arrangements correlate with the risk of malignancy , i.e. the risk of breast cancer .

However, it also occurs in benign changes in the female breast, including mastopathy , cysts and dilated milk ducts. Ultimately, it is often only through a biopsy that it can be determined whether such a finding is benign or malignant.

Web links

• X-rays
• D. Hilz: Investigation of early breast cancer (PhD at LMU) (PDF; 1.7 MB)
• Benign changes in the breast , Cancer Information Service of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg. October 2, 2012. Retrieved September 4, 2014.

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