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Evaluation of Breast Microcalcifications by Means of Optically Magnified Tissue Specimen Radiographs

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Breast Cancer

Part of the book series: Recent Results in Cancer Research ((RECENTCANCER,volume 105))

Abstract

Although the presence of microcalcifications in a breast cancer mass seen on mammography was first reported by Salomon (1913), Leborgne (1949) was the first to recognize that microcalcifications can represent the only mammographie manifestation of carcinoma. Since then, it has become apparent that 29%–48% of nonpalpable carcinomas are visible on the basis of microcalcifications alone (Table 1).

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  1. Department of Radiology, Stein Research Center, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 920 Chancellor Street, 19107, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    S. A. Feig, B. M. Galkin & H. D. Muir

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, 2900, Hellerup/Copenhagen, Denmark

    Sam Brünner MD, PhD

  2. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The County Hospital, University of Aarhus, 8000, Aarhus, C., Denmark

    Bent Langfeldt MD, EDR

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Feig, S.A., Galkin, B.M., Muir, H.D. (1987). Evaluation of Breast Microcalcifications by Means of Optically Magnified Tissue Specimen Radiographs. In: Brünner, S., Langfeldt, B. (eds) Breast Cancer. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 105. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82964-2_18

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