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architectural distortion

architectural distortion

I am 38 years old.  In 1990 I had radiation therapy to the neck and chest (left side) to treat Hodgkin's Lymphoma.  I now have been informed that there is an archictural distortion in the right breast.  What are the chances this is a radial scar, since radiation was more on the left side?
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Dear Sharcar:  Architectural distortion could describe many things and the radiologist should have further describe the distortion and rated it with BIRAD score (unless the recommendation is compression mammogram).  Without knowing more about the radiation field, it is impossible to know whether there may have been any scatter to the right side or not.  Regardless, radial scars are not believed to be caused by radiation, trauma or surgery.
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