Analysis of Breast Carcinoma Calcification by Mammography

Objective To evaluate the characteristics of breast carcinoma calcification and its diagnostic significance disclosed by mammography. Methods The characteristic features in 120 patients with breast carcinomas were analyzed retrospectively in the past 2-year; all of them were confirmed by surgery and pathology. Results Calcification appeared in 55% of them. The density of calcification was low and evenly distributed; and the calcification lesions per square centimetre (N/S) were more than 20 and the total number of calcification lesions was exceeded 30. The mixed calcification lesion was suggestive for breast carcinoma. Conclusion The results suggest that calcification lesions are of great importance in diagnosis and differentiation of breast carinoma.