subject: Diagnostic Mammography Symptoms And Treatment Procedure [print this page] These days, diseases and their treatments are available. Alike other serious diseases, breast cancer are also getting more and more noted these days. And diagnostic mammography is something very appreciative for women suffering from breast cancer.
Diagnostic Mammography is recommended to women having symptoms like:
Lump under the arm or in the breast
Changes in skin like redness, thickening etc
Thicken area found
Changes in nipple like retraction, erosion, itching etc.
Breast size found changes
Nipple discharge spontaneously
Diagnostic mammography is also recommended for such females who have been observed with any abnormality on their screening mammogram. Women if following radiation therapy after lumpectomy for the first seven years; in such case also they are asked for this treatment.
Procedure
Two standard breast images are taken as full size with the craniocaudal or CC which is like top-to-bottom picture. Another procedure involves the side-to-side view under mediolateral oblique or MLO. These two steps are very important to understand the problem in detail.
Compression paddle in small quality is needed to combine with magnification technique in order to get complete appearance or morphology details of the calcifications. This helps in getting clear picture of calcification found in the woman suffering from breast cancer and other who have high likelihood of being connected with this disease.
Microcalcifications is considered as the most early or prior sign of a breast cancer. It is found in the milk duct- ductal carcinoma or intraductal.
After the Procedure
A breast imaging radiologist plays an active role in diagnostic mammogram as he oversees the study as well as determine what views are required. It all depends on the diagnostic mammogram results which led to the radiologist to monitor the entire study. And additional studies include:
Ultrasound
Ductography; for patients who have found the symptom of nipple discharge
Physical examination
Cyst aspiration
Completed diagnostic evaluation helps the radiologist to conclude findings and recommendations; options, clearing doubts etc. And all are presented in written form to clients before leaving the Diagnostic mammography facility.
