title: Unilateral increase in mammographic density with hormone replacement therapy.
abstract: Two cases of localized unilateral increase in mammographic density are described in women who had commenced hormone replacement therapy (HRT) just before or within several weeks of their first normal screening mammogram. The increase in density at a subsequent screen required recall to an assessment clinic to exclude cancer in the affected breast. The relationship of HRT to mammographic density is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Doyle
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McLean
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015914:Estrogen Replacement Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008327:Mammography; D008875:Middle Aged