title: Milk of calcium in the breast: appearance on prone stereotactic imaging.
abstract: Microcalcifications discovered by mammography require careful analysis, occasionally leading to core biopsy to exclude associated breast cancer. We report unrecognized milk of calcium layering on small field of view prone digital stereotactic images. We illustrate important features on prone digital images attributed to milk of calcium which can exclude breast neoplasm, suggest this diagnosis, and prevent unnecessary biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Radiology and Pathology, Stanford University Hospital, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Jackman
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Nowels
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D002118:Calcium / Q000032:analysis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000379:methods; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium