breast calcifications

[vicki53]

hi what bi-rad scale is no mammographic evidence of malignancy and what does it mean when it says routine interval follow-up in 1 year I hava calc. in my right breast and was checked in march 2008 and sept. 2008 and the reports both where benign  THANK GOD so what scale is this


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[japdip]

0,1,2,3,4 are the BIRADS scores that do not mention malignancy. BIRADS 5 is highly suggestive of malignancy. BIRADS 4 scores are recommended for biopsy. The others 0 = not enough information, additional films required. 1 & 2 probably benign and 3=a follow-up of 3 or 6 months is usually recommended.

Calcifications appear normally within breast tissue scattered about .. it is when they are seen to be clustered or grouped in certain patterns that they are a cause for concern. If you mean by "being checked" in 3/08 and 9/08 that you had mammograms then it was to see if the calcifications remained stable in position and number. Your original BIRADS would have been a 3. The BIRADS scoring is used as a universal standard by Radiologists. If you were recommended to go back to the yearly mammogram it would be a BIRADS 2.  Regards