A 42-year-old woman presents for baseline screening mammography and a combination digital breast tomosynthesis study is performed. She has a positive family history for breast cancer.
Dense glandular tissue is noted on mammography, as well as an area of architectural distortion in the left breast. This is best demonstrated on digital breast tomosynthesis (arrows).
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Multicenter Study Identifies Key Factors Associated with Mammogram-Occult Ipsilateral Breast Cancer
October 9th 2024A symptomatic first breast cancer diagnosis, prevailing breast density at a second breast cancer diagnosis and trabecular thickening on surveillance mammography were linked to mammogram-occult ipsilateral breast cancer, according to new research.