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Indeterminate Microcalcifications
Breast calcifications are deposits of calcium that can be seen on a mammogram of the breast. There are two types: macrocalcifications and microcalcifications.
- Macrocalcifications usually are degenerative changes in the breast resulting from old injuries, inflammations, or aging of the breast arteries and are usually not related to
cancer . Most often they do not require abiopsy . Macrocalcifications occur in about half the women in the U.S. who are over 50, and in about 10 percent of women under...
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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