Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University - Breast Surgery - Chief Physician Zhang Dongxiao
Editor's language: Many people have such concerns, saying that after the examination, the report shows that breast hyperplasia is accompanied by calcification. Many people do not understand how this phenomenon can occur. What is the cause? What is calcification of breast cancer? What does calcification of breast cancer look like? Recommended reading @The original text of Zhang Dongxiao's popular science article is as follows:
What is the calcification focus of breast cancer like?
With the popularization of breast molybdenum target, more and more breast cancer calcifications have been found. What is calcification of breast cancer? What does calcification of breast cancer look like?
one What is breast calcification
Breast calcification is a molybdenum target of breast X Calcareous deposits in the breast detected by X-ray. There are many reasons to explain why breast cancer has calcified foci. One of the more recognized explanations is that there is abnormal calcium metabolism in breast cancer cells, which will cause local excessive calcium deposition. Therefore, calcium deposition is often seen in breast cancer foci.
two Is breast calcification necessarily breast cancer
There are two types of calcifications in the breast: large calcifications and small calcifications. Large calcifications are often benign lesions of the breast, such as calcification of blood vessels in the breast, old injuries, inflammation, breast cysts in lactation, benign tumors, etc., while small calcifications are usually located in areas where cell growth and division are fast, and breast cancer is more likely.
three Is there any calcification in breast cancer
not always. Breast cancer has many clinical manifestations, some of which are mainly tumors, and some of which are mainly calcified lesions 50% The above breast cancers have calcification, but the diagnosis of breast cancer depends on pathological examination, not on whether there is calcification to determine whether there is breast cancer.
four What does calcification of breast cancer look like?
Most of the calcifications in breast cancer are clustered and needle like microcalcifications. especially one The number of calcifications within cm exceeds 15-20 It is of great value in the diagnosis of breast cancer.
five Can ultrasound detect calcification
Ultrasound can detect only a limited number of breast calcifications, and MRI has no diagnostic value for breast calcification. At present, the most economical and effective examination for calcification is mammography. This is one of the reasons why molybdenum target is set as the main means of breast screening abroad.
six What are the advantages of mammography in finding breast cancer
Mammary gland molybdenum target X X-ray examination can improve the diagnostic rate of occult cancer, micro cancer and early cancer. Some breast cancers did not form obvious tumors in the early stage, and calcification was the first imaging manifestation. Molybdenum target is of great value for screening calcification, so it is of great value for mammography of breast cancer with calcification as an early manifestation.
Doctor of Medicine, Chief Physician of Breast Department of Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital. He is good at the discovery and localization of intraductal tumors by breast duct endoscope, surgical treatment, minimally invasive treatment of benign breast tumors, surgical treatment of breast cancer, and treatment of mastitis with integrated traditional and western medicine.
