Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS)| Mammography

MAMMOGRAPHY

The typical presentation of high-grade DCIS are linear microcalcifications follow the pattern of a pipe.

When microcalcifications are undetermined, are associated with Ca in 22% of cases, with 76% of these type DCIS, But if the calcifications are suspicious type, 92% correspond to Ca, with 58% of these DCIS.

12% of cases of DCIS present soft tissue lesions on mammography, but associated with calcifications.

It is of note that mammography underestimated the actual size of the lesion in about two centímetros4, 7.

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