Heterogeneously Dense Breast Tissue
Each type of breast tissue reacts differently to x-rays. Fatty breast tissue ... Later, the BI-RADS system of the American Society of Radiologists continued the four-group categorization, with breasts classed as almost entirely fat, having scattered fibroglandular tissue, being heterogeneously dense, or as extremely dense.
Posted by peters12 on 8/22/2009
What others are suggesting
|
According to the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN), 40% of all women undergoing screening mammography have dense breasts. Breasts tend to become less dense as women get older, but some women continue to have dense breast tissue throughout life.
|
|
Each type of breast tissue reacts differently to x-rays. Fatty breast tissue ... Later, the BI-RADS system of the American Society of Radiologists continued the four-group categorization, with breasts classed as almost entirely fat, having scattered fibroglandular tissue, being heterogeneously dense, or as extremely dense.
|
|
|
Dense breast tissue has been defined in at least three different ways[1] ... 3) heterogeneously dense that "may lower the sensitivity of mammography"; 4) extremely dense that "lowers the sensitivity of mammography."
|
|
|
Investigators at 21 sites enrolled 2,809 women with at least heterogeneously dense breast tissue in at least one quadrant. Each patient had mammography and physician-performed ultrasound in randomized order.
|
|
|
The outlook for women with breast cancer has improved in recent years. ... they can be difficult to detect against the relatively light background of dense breast tissue because of the lack of contrast between them and a dense breast background.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental breast ultrasound in the population of women with mammographically dense breast tissue (ACR 3 and 4) permits detection of small, otherwise occult, breast cancers. Potential adverse impacts for women in this intermediate risk group are associated with an increased biopsy rate.
|
|
|
Patients were eligible for bilateral whole-breast US if their breast tissue was categorized as heterogeneously dense (BI-RADS breast density category 3) or extremely dense (BI-RADS breast density category 4). Patients with negative mammographic findings were considered eligible.
|
|
|
3) The breast is heterogeneously dense. This may lower the sensitivity of mammography. 4) The breast tissue is extremely dense, which lowers the sensitivity of mammography. An implant code should be added as appropriate if an implant is present.
|
Can't find what you're looking for? Suggest a link.
Copyright © 2009, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
Related Topics for
Heterogeneously Dense Breast Tissue
Definition of
This binocular preview is a sneak peek of the Web page behind this search result. If the image says "Site Home Page" we are showing you a preview of the website's home page because we still have to update our binocular system with the particular page from your search result. The text at the bottom of the preview gives you more details, such as:
- Whether the page requires plug-ins such as Flash
- Whether the page will "pop up" additional windows upon loading
- How much data you'll have to download to view the complete page
- How long it should take for you to download the full page, based on a 56 kb/s dial-up Internet connection
