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cluster of microcalcifications benign?
i would like to know if anyone has ever had a biopsy result from a birad 4 (suspicous) mammo report cluster calcifications that was benign. everyone on this website who had cluster microcalcifications on mammo all seem to have had an outcome of cancer, even though they say that 80 percent are benign. the more i read on this i get more terrified.
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I am trying to think very postive but am very anxious. My mammo cam back as a BIRAD 4 with 5 mm cluster of calcifications on the upper outer quadrent of my right breast. I received a mammotome biposy and the pathology report came back with microcalcifications and atypical intraductal hyperplasia with fibrocystic changes. They recomendation is that I see a surgeon and have an excisional biopsy.
I am 40 years old and I do not have a medical history because I am adopted. Would there be any other questions I should ask the surgeon because I have NO HISTORY??
I am 40 years old and I do not have a medical history because I am adopted. Would there be any other questions I should ask the surgeon because I have NO HISTORY??
I had my yearly mamogram today and they found what they called a large calcium deposit. I've read about calcium clusters but not about larger single calcium deposits. I only have one and it scares me. Will I likely be called in for a biopsy or will my doctors choose to watch it for any further changes? What is considered a larger calcium deposit? Mine is about the size of two pinheads put together. What does this mean and what am I in for?
Soo Bee
My clip migrated too. For me I had calcifications left so the mammo tech was able to place a guide wire in a better location than the clip are.. since the calcifications were still there.
I would go with a 2nd lumpectomy, but that is just me. You have to do what makes you most comfortable. I know someone who is opting for no treatment for DCIS after lumpectomy.. just mammos every 3-6 months.
Good luck.
My clip migrated too. For me I had calcifications left so the mammo tech was able to place a guide wire in a better location than the clip are.. since the calcifications were still there.
I would go with a 2nd lumpectomy, but that is just me. You have to do what makes you most comfortable. I know someone who is opting for no treatment for DCIS after lumpectomy.. just mammos every 3-6 months.
Good luck.
I had a stereotactic biopsy in Sept. DCIS was diagnosis. 2 mos later lumpectomy showed no cancer. Doc thinks clip may have migrated wants to do another lumpectomy. I want to wait and see what a mammogram will show in 3 mos. What are the dangers of this wait and see attitude?
I have had two biopsies after mammogram findings of suspicious microcalcifications - first for a bi-rads 5, then for bi-rads 4. Both were negative, no cancer. So there are some of us out here.
Hi,
I had microcalcifications in my left breast. After stereostatic biopsy, it turned out to be DCIS with solid type and criboform. So I am having a lumpectomy on 1/6.. scared that they might find invasive and more afraid of Tamoxifen. Particularly depression. I was on BCP years ago and my PMS was horrible and I was constantly weepy. But being premenopaus I don't think there is anything else at this point. Am almost thinking about masectomy just to avoid the Tamoxifen.
I had microcalcifications in my left breast. After stereostatic biopsy, it turned out to be DCIS with solid type and criboform. So I am having a lumpectomy on 1/6.. scared that they might find invasive and more afraid of Tamoxifen. Particularly depression. I was on BCP years ago and my PMS was horrible and I was constantly weepy. But being premenopaus I don't think there is anything else at this point. Am almost thinking about masectomy just to avoid the Tamoxifen.
Hello all,
Just found this website. My mammogram in May showed a cluster of microcalcifications, requiring a biopsy. It was a wire guided biopsy...the insertion of the wire was fairly easy.
Then came the biopsy...I was awake...the surgeon made sure I had enough local anesthesia to be comfortable.
The hardest part was waiting for the pathology report. It was DCIS..stunned me. No family history, nothing! Then I had a lumpectomy, because the margins, while clear, were not large enough to satisfy the surgeon. This was done under local, also..my preference.I had 6 weeks of radiation, and at present am in a Tamoxifen/Arimidex study...no side effects to speak of.
Had a 6 month mammogram the other day...it shows microcalcifications again...I see the surgeon again on the 20th. Don't know what he will suggest, will wait and see.
I'm a nurse, and have preached this to women for years, to follow up if your studies are abnormal...now I have to practise what I have preached.Can't help feeling anxious.
Just found this website. My mammogram in May showed a cluster of microcalcifications, requiring a biopsy. It was a wire guided biopsy...the insertion of the wire was fairly easy.
Then came the biopsy...I was awake...the surgeon made sure I had enough local anesthesia to be comfortable.
The hardest part was waiting for the pathology report. It was DCIS..stunned me. No family history, nothing! Then I had a lumpectomy, because the margins, while clear, were not large enough to satisfy the surgeon. This was done under local, also..my preference.I had 6 weeks of radiation, and at present am in a Tamoxifen/Arimidex study...no side effects to speak of.
Had a 6 month mammogram the other day...it shows microcalcifications again...I see the surgeon again on the 20th. Don't know what he will suggest, will wait and see.
I'm a nurse, and have preached this to women for years, to follow up if your studies are abnormal...now I have to practise what I have preached.Can't help feeling anxious.
I am glad to have found this site. Have yearly mammograms and have just had two small clusters of microcalcifications found at "11 and 12:30 o'clock" Had MRI, nothing difinitive. I now need to schedule a biopsy with surgeon. Have choice between general surgeon and one who specializes in breast care. The latter will require some travel but from reading your comments about the biopsy procedures it seem to me that an expert is the way to go. I too am very nervous at this point...
Hey what happened with your biopsy? I hope all is well. I am scheduled for one two, so this has helped me out. Lori
I am scheduled for my biopsy in 2 weeks, Dec. 15. So I am interested in other's experiences. I have indeterminate calcifications, and when I saw the digital x-ray at the time of the scan they looked pretty clustered and odd shaped to me, so I was not surprised to be called for a biopsy. We have digital but the radiologists do not do the categories here, odd. So will have to wait.
Hi, I am 52 years old and just had my first mammogram. The radiologist found a few micros on my right breast. I will undergo the needle biopsies which are done facing down through a hole in the table. Is that correct. My mammogram was on October 28th and I am having the needle at the end of November.I find this is long waiting period. Is that normal waiting time. The doctor also said that the worst scenario is it could be pre cancerous. I am a little freaked. Pleaae reassure me.
Hi, I am 52 years old and just had my first mammogram. The radiologist found a few micros on my right breast. I will undergo the needle biopsies which are done facing down through a hole in the table. Is that correct. My mammogram was on October 28th and I am having the needle at the end of November.I find this is long waiting period. Is that normal waiting time. The doctor also said that the worst scenario is it could be pre cancerous. I am a little freaked. Pleaae reassure me.
This is my first visit and reading your discussions about microcalcification has given me great comfort. I am scheduled to have an open surgical biopsy on November 8 for the cluster they found in my left breast and all of the questions, fears, etc., that I have were pretty much addressed by Corkey! Corkey, I'm thankful your results were benign and I appreciate learning through all of you. The waiting is hard.
hi
just got my results from my biopsy. i am so happy. no sign of cancer. i had a samll fibroadenoma, duct ectasia, intraductal papilloma and mild ductal hyperplasia. all benign conditions.
just wanted to let you know. thank you for your prayers.
just got my results from my biopsy. i am so happy. no sign of cancer. i had a samll fibroadenoma, duct ectasia, intraductal papilloma and mild ductal hyperplasia. all benign conditions.
just wanted to let you know. thank you for your prayers.
Thank goodness!! I'm very happy to hear that your results are benign. Its a great feeling isn't it? Hopefully now you can relax and get on with your life. Congrats to you!
Take care
Bet
Take care
Bet
actually that was what the doctor told me about the numbing needle. she said it hurts more than the actual needle for the wire local . she said she used to give it but not anymore. i have an appointment with my doctor next thursday but i am thinking he will probably call me with the results before then. i am keeping my fingers crossed. thanks for your good wishes. i will keep you posted.
Glad you made it through the surgery ok. I've heard that sometimes the needle for numbing hurts worse than the actual wire placement.
Anyway.....any idea when you'll get your results? The waiting is the worst part(at least it was for me)
I am sending good thoughts and wishes your way. Keep us posted.
Take it easy and take care.
Bet
Anyway.....any idea when you'll get your results? The waiting is the worst part(at least it was for me)
I am sending good thoughts and wishes your way. Keep us posted.
Take it easy and take care.
Bet
well i finally had my wire local biopsy. unfortunately the did not numb me at all for the wire local . the just compressed me in the mammo and inserted the needle. it was painful. but then i hate needles anyway. and my luck she did not get it on the first try. after that the surgery for the biopsy i was given an iv and a local. i actually slept through the whole thing. i woke up at the end when they sere stitching me up. all in all the weeks of waiting and anticipating it was not as bad as i imagined it. not that i want to go back again lol. so now i wait for the path report. i pray everything is benign. i'll keep in touch.
I just wanted to add my two cents in. I also had micro-calcification, the surgeon did a wire loca. biopsy, I don't want to scare you, because it wasn't bad, except when they had to first put the wisre in. (for me that was done in radiology)
And for them to get the perfect position of where the cluster was, I must have had 5-8 mammagrams done, and you have to sit/stand there and wait for them to develope the xray, and then have the radiologist look at...... It was a very long procedure. If I knew what they were going to do, and how long it was going to take, I think I would have been ready emotionally. But I was a nervous reck. The biopsy it self, went fine, sore but thats why they persc. pain med. The pathology report came back as benign, but I also had ADH (atypical ductal Hyperplasia) Which I'm now on Tamoxifen, even though the side effects are annoying... I can live with it. My first biopsy was at age 35, I'm now 38 and I'm still having mammagrams every 6 mos. I have had 4 wire local. biopsies in last 3 years. Other then the ADH all biopsies have been begnin.
Good Luck on Oct.5, let us know how it turns out. I hope this has helped in some way. God Speed.
And for them to get the perfect position of where the cluster was, I must have had 5-8 mammagrams done, and you have to sit/stand there and wait for them to develope the xray, and then have the radiologist look at...... It was a very long procedure. If I knew what they were going to do, and how long it was going to take, I think I would have been ready emotionally. But I was a nervous reck. The biopsy it self, went fine, sore but thats why they persc. pain med. The pathology report came back as benign, but I also had ADH (atypical ductal Hyperplasia) Which I'm now on Tamoxifen, even though the side effects are annoying... I can live with it. My first biopsy was at age 35, I'm now 38 and I'm still having mammagrams every 6 mos. I have had 4 wire local. biopsies in last 3 years. Other then the ADH all biopsies have been begnin.
Good Luck on Oct.5, let us know how it turns out. I hope this has helped in some way. God Speed.
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