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Findings

Technique

The exam is technically sound (not over/under penetrated, and not limited by patient motion, artifact, exclusion of tissue).

Breast Density

Mass

There is a mass or masses (right/left/bilateral).

The mass is new, and not stable.

The mass is low / equal / high density relative to the breast tissue.

The mass contains fat.

The shape is round/oval/irregular.

The calcifications are dystrophic.

There are benign intramammary lymph nodes.

Margins

The margins of the mass are circumscribed / obscured / indistinct / spiculated.

Calcifications

There are right/left/bilateral calcifications.

The calcifications are new.

The calcifications are suspicious (amorphous, coarse heterogeneous, fine pleomorphic, fine linear, fine linear and branching), NOT benign ​(vascular, coarse dystrophic, secretory, skin, milk of calcium).

The calcifications are diffusely/regionally/segmentally/linearly distributed.

The calcifications are grouped.

Asymmetry

There is an asymmetry (focal / regional / global).

The asymmetry is right/left/bilateral.

There is right/left/bilateral architectural distortion.

Associated Features

There is right/left/bilateral nipple retraction.

There is right/left/bilateral skin thickening.

Axilla

There are right/left/bilateral morphologically abnormal lymph nodes.

Subareolar Region

There are right/left/bilateral abnormal ducts in the subareolar region.

Prior Surgery

There are subglandular/subpectoral implants.

The implants are saline/silicone.

There are changes related to prior surgery (breast reduction/lumpectomy/surgical excision) or a biopsy.

The changes related to prior surgery are right/left/bilateral.