Older Women Benefit Significantly When Screened with 3-D Mammography (IMAGE)

Radiological Society of North America

Older Women Benefit Significantly When Screened with 3-D Mammography

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Images in a 70-year-old woman recalled from screening mammography for mass in left breast. (a) Tomosynthesis image from right mediolateral oblique view dem¬onstrates oval mass in superior aspect of right breast at anterior depth (arrow). (b) Find¬ing is not as well demonstrated on two-dimensional right mediolateral oblique view. (c) Diagnostic US demonstrates that mass identified at mammography is simple cyst (ar¬row). This case is example of false-positive screening examination.

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