Difference between revisions of "Breast pathology"

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 # The breast is more dense and thus radiologically more difficult to interpret, and
 # The incidence of breast cancer is lower.
+===Breast radiology===
+BI-RADS = Breast Imaging Reporting And Data System<ref>URL: [http://breastcancer.about.com/od/diagnosis/a/birads.htm http://breastcancer.about.com/od/diagnosis/a/birads.htm]. Accessed on: 16 March 2011.</ref>
+*0: Incomplete - come back for more imaging (radiologist ''cha-ching'').
+*1: Negative.
+*2: Benign finding(s).
+*3: Probably benign -- often short follow-up.
+*4: Suspicious abnormality -- needs biopsy.
+*5: Highly suggestive of malignancy.
+*6: Pathologist says there is a malignancy.
 =Specimens=
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 ** Perivascular.
 * Enlarged stromal fibroblasts.
-=Breast radiology=
-BI-RADS = Breast Imaging Reporting And Data System<ref>[http://breastcancer.about.com/od/diagnosis/a/birads.htm http://breastcancer.about.com/od/diagnosis/a/birads.htm]</ref>
-*0: Incomplete - come back for more imaging (radiologist ''cha-ching'').
-*1: Negative.
-*2: Benign finding(s).
-*3: Probably benign -- often short follow-up.<ref>[http://qap.sdsu.edu/programs/providers/faq.asp http://qap.sdsu.edu/programs/providers/faq.asp]</ref>
-*4: Suspicious abnormality -- needs biopsy.
-*5: Highly suggestive of malignancy.
-*6: Pathologist says there is a malignancy.
 =See also=