Different types of microcalcifications observed in breast pathology
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Virchows Archiv
- Vol. 410 (3), 179-187
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00710823
Abstract
Microcalcifications taken from 50 systematized mammary excisions were submitted to light microscopic and scanning electron microscope analysis. Microprobe and x-ray diffraction analyses were also performed. Two main types were observed: Type I microcalcifications composed of weddellite crystals. They were observed in benign breast leasions only (11 cases out of 21) or, in lobular carcinomas in situ (L.C.I.S.) of the breast (5 cases out of 6). They were not seen in 3 cases of intraductal carcinoma (I.D.C.) nor in infiltrating (I.C.) carcinomas (20 cases). Type II microcalcifications, non-cristalline in nature, composed of calcium, phosphate, hydroxyapatite or of phosphorus and calcium associated with other elements, were observed in benign lesions (10 cases out of 21) and in all cases of infiltrating carcinomas.Keywords
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