title: Clustered microcalcification following breast implant removal mimicking malignancy.
abstract: On mammography, clustered microcalcification can be an early and sensitive sign of malignancy, although it is also commonly seen in benign alterations of the breast. We report on a 52-year-old woman with mammographically suspicious granular calcification as a late result of a short-term silicone augmentation. Plain film, surgical, and histopathological features are demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Institute of Diagnostic Radiology, Universitätsspital Zürich, Rämistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: C U
authors.initials: CU
authors.lastname: Herborn
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Marincek
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Caduff
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Künzi
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kubik-Huch
mesh_terms: D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D018427:Breast Implants; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology*