Breast calcifications

[Crystal0413]

What is the percentage of calcifications that turn out to be cancer?


This discussion is related to Cluster of Calcification in Mammogram.

[zouzi]

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[MA_karyn]

I had a sterotatic core biopsy today - on microcalcifications that are in a cluster and have spiculated edges. The radiologist who read my mamms every year was so worried when he saw, he was on me to see a surgeon for a biopsy asap. I would imagine that he sees alot - and knows susoicious looking formations.

I am wondering - if this turns out to be malignant and in the nodes - where is it most likely to be "next"? I have a bunch of soft lumps on the trunk of my body - that I had chaled up to adipose tissue. I recently lost 35 bs. - and I noticed them then. The weight loss was 9 months - and unintentional for the most part.

Now, I am divorced, alone and scared to death. And I am trying to anticipatr ehat might be next? Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks - Karyn :D

[japdip]

It would depend on the calcfications you are talking about. Breast calcifications can be present scattered about the tissue that are of no particular concern. When they are clustered or grouped in certain patterns then they do raise some suspicion but even then not all will return a positive result on biopsy.  Regards ....