Articular Distortion Left Breast

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Ready4Whatever
Ready4Whatever Member Posts: 1
edited July 2018 in Not Diagnosed But Worried

Just received the following and don't know if it is worrisome or not.

Study Result

Impression

PROCEDURE: Mammo Digital Screening Bilateral with CAD

INDICATION: Screening mammography

COMPARISON: None.

VIEWS: CC and MLO views of both breasts.

DENSITY: Scattered fibroglandular densities (25-50% fibroglandular tissue).


FINDINGS:

An area of architectural distortion is seen in the lateral aspect of the left breast, posterior depth. This may correspond to a lesion marked by CAD in the left breast on the MLO view central to the nipple, posterior depth. No malignant type
calcifications.

CAD (computer-aided detection) was used.

IMPRESSION:
1. Architectural distortion, left breast.
2. BI-RADS 0: Incomplete - Needs additional imaging evaluation.
3. Recommendation: Spot compression views of the left breast and possible ultrasound are recommended.

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited July 2018

    Hi Ready4Whatever,

    What do your doctors recommend? Do they want to do additional testing?

    Please keep us posted. We know how you feel!

    Warmly,

    The Mods

  • Cjzach10
    Cjzach10 Member Posts: 87
    edited July 2018

    First off if this is your first mammogram or it's been longer than 10 years since your last mammogram.. you have no comparison mammograms. He states in the report..none. Without comparison your chances of getting called back are always increased. Meaning the radiologist had no prior images to look at to compare to these images to see that this is just your breast tissue and nothing has changed. Architectural distortion means there's a disruption in the normal flow of your breast tissue. That doesn't necessarily mean theres anything wrong/ suspicious there. It could be just the way your breast tissue is. He called for spot images and possible ultrasound to make sure theres nothing there thats causing that architectural distortion. Assume this is because you had no camparison and try not to freak out! I know..easy for me to say! Its very common to get called back for additional imaging without comparison and it turn out not to be anything! Good luck!

  • djmammo
    djmammo Member Posts: 2,939
    edited July 2018

    Ready4Whatever

    No reason to panic yet. Let us know what the diagnostic work up shows.


    For every 1,000 women who have a screening mammogram:

    • 100 are recalled to get more mammography or ultrasound images
    • 20 are recommended for a needle biopsy
    • 5 are diagnosed with breast cancer

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