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Group Members:

• Syed Dawood Zahoor (9050)
  • Raja Jawad Ali (9015)

Subject:

• Mammography and special radiological techniques

Submitted to:

• Ma’am Bina Kushal

Summary of the Report

This report is more concerning than the previous two because there are abnormal findings in both breasts that need further testing.

Background

Patient is postmenopausal. Main reason for imaging: lumpiness in the left breast. Breast tissue is mainly fatty, which usually makes abnormalities easier to see on mammography.

Right Breast

Findings:

• There is an area of architectural distortion in the upper outer part of the breast.
• Macrocalcifications are present.
• Ultrasound found an ill-defined hypoechoic lesion measuring about 11 × 4 mm at the 10 o’clock position.
• Some mildly dilated ducts are also present.
• No skin thickening, nipple retraction, or enlarged suspicious lymph nodes are seen.
• Right armpit lymph nodes appear benign.

What this means:

“Architectural distortion” means the normal breast tissue pattern looks disrupted. An “ill-defined hypoechoic lesion” can sometimes be suspicious because it does not have a clearly smooth border.

Summary of the Report

This mammogram is also generally reassuring.

History:

The patient has a family history of breast cancer in a sister. She previously had a partial removal of tissue from the left breast in 2019 because of atypical hyperplasia (an abnormal but non-cancerous overgrowth of breast cells that can increase future cancer risk).

Findings:

The breasts are heterogeneously dense, meaning there is a moderate amount of dense tissue that can make small abnormalities harder to see on mammogram.

• No dominant mass was seen.
• No architectural distortion was seen.
• A few benign-looking calcifications are present in the right breast.
• A previously seen cluster of microcalcifications in the left breast is no longer visible.
• Skin, nipples, and armpit lymph node regions appear normal.
• Breast ultrasound also showed benign findings.

Impression:

BI-RADS 2 = benign finding.

What this means:

There is no evidence of breast cancer on this report. The calcifications seen appear non-cancerous.

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Summary of the Report

a 48-year-old woman who had a routine bilateral mammogram as part of a health check-up. Four standard views were taken (craniocaudal and mediolateral oblique for each breast) with breast compression. There were no previous mammograms for comparison.

Key findings

• Both breasts have heterogeneously dense breast tissue (ACR Category III).
• This is common in women in their 40s and means the breasts have a mix of dense fibrous/glandular tissue and some fat.
• Important note: Dense tissue can hide small abnormalities on a mammogram, so the test is less sensitive.
• No abnormal microcalcifications, masses, or distortions were seen.
• Skin and the tissue just under the skin look normal.
• Axillary (armpit) lymph nodes on both sides appear normal (they have a central fatty hilum, which is a good sign).

Impression / Diagnosis

• BIRADS 0a for both right and left breasts.
• BIRADS is the standard system doctors use to categorize mammogram results.
• 0 = “Incomplete” – the mammogram alone does not give a final answer.
• The “a” here specifically recommends additional imaging with ultrasound.