Preferred Label : milk of calcium calcification;
RADLEX synonyms : teacup calcification; layering calcification;
Definition : [BI-RADS] Mammo: A manifestation of sedimented calcifications in macro- or microcysts.
On the craniocaudal image-- they are often less evident and appear as round, smudgy
deposits, while occasionally on MLO and especially on 90 degree lateral (LM/ML) views,
they are more clearly defined and often semilunar, crescent shaped, curvilinear (concave
up) or linear, defining the dependent portion of cysts. The most important feature
of these calcifications is the apparent change in shape of the calcific particles
on different mammographic projections (craniocaudal versus occasionally the MLO view
and especially LM/ML views).;
Source : BI-RADS 5, BI-RADS 4;
Origin ID : RID34249;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
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[BI-RADS] Mammo: A manifestation of sedimented calcifications in macro- or microcysts.
On the craniocaudal image-- they are often less evident and appear as round, smudgy
deposits, while occasionally on MLO and especially on 90 degree lateral (LM/ML) views,
they are more clearly defined and often semilunar, crescent shaped, curvilinear (concave
up) or linear, defining the dependent portion of cysts. The most important feature
of these calcifications is the apparent change in shape of the calcific particles
on different mammographic projections (craniocaudal versus occasionally the MLO view
and especially LM/ML views).
