ARDMS Breast Registry Rev 4 questions with
verified answers
_________ is a true lateral view with the x-ray beam parallel to the floor.
Ans✓✓✓ Lateral, (ML or LM)
________________ is the only imaging modality that can consistently identify
calcifications in the breast. _________ is not extremely helpful. Ans✓✓✓
Mammography, Sonography
A prominent area of glandular tissue that is easily palpated. Often mistaken for a
mass. Ans✓✓✓ Fibrous ridge
A regular screeening mammogram includes what views? Ans✓✓✓ MLO and CC
of each breast
Angulation of the MLO varies between ___ and _____ degrees depending on the
patient. Ans✓✓✓ 30 & 60
Calc. patten - scattered randomly, ass'd with benign lesions Ans✓✓✓ Diffuse
Calc. pattern - calcifications cover a segment or quadrant of the breast. Ass'd with
malignancy. Ans✓✓✓ Regional
Calc. pattern - Suggests the calcifications follow a ductal system. Ass'd with
malignancy. Ans✓✓✓ Segmental
, Calc. pattern - usually ass'd with fibroadenoma or malignant lesions Ans✓✓✓
Clustered microcalcifications
Calcification made up of calcium deposited in the ducts. Ans✓✓✓ Rod-shaped
Calcification that appears as calcified tubes ass'd with vessels. Ans✓✓✓ Vascular
Calcification usually larger than 1mm--commonly caused by a degenerating
fibroadenoma. Aka _______ Ans✓✓✓ Large Coarse, popcorn
Calcification which may be seen as a crescent or rim shape or round with a lucent
center--either represents calcium deposit in a cyst, milk of calcium cysts,
sebaceous cyst, hemorrhagic cyst, or fat necrosis. Ans✓✓✓ Rim or eggshell
Calcifications are more commonly ass'd with ________ processes, however,
approximately 1/2 of all _________ __________ contain calcifications. Ans✓✓✓
Benign, breast cancers
Diagnosis of a tumor cannot be made on _______ alone. Ans✓✓✓ density
Fat density structures (3) Ans✓✓✓ Fat, Fatty Cysts, Lipomas
Fat density structures are ___________. Ans✓✓✓ Radiolucent
Fine, interrupted, linear calcifications within the ducts (not solid rods), almost
exclusively ass'd with malignancy. Ans✓✓✓ Linear branching calcifications
verified answers
_________ is a true lateral view with the x-ray beam parallel to the floor.
Ans✓✓✓ Lateral, (ML or LM)
________________ is the only imaging modality that can consistently identify
calcifications in the breast. _________ is not extremely helpful. Ans✓✓✓
Mammography, Sonography
A prominent area of glandular tissue that is easily palpated. Often mistaken for a
mass. Ans✓✓✓ Fibrous ridge
A regular screeening mammogram includes what views? Ans✓✓✓ MLO and CC
of each breast
Angulation of the MLO varies between ___ and _____ degrees depending on the
patient. Ans✓✓✓ 30 & 60
Calc. patten - scattered randomly, ass'd with benign lesions Ans✓✓✓ Diffuse
Calc. pattern - calcifications cover a segment or quadrant of the breast. Ass'd with
malignancy. Ans✓✓✓ Regional
Calc. pattern - Suggests the calcifications follow a ductal system. Ass'd with
malignancy. Ans✓✓✓ Segmental
, Calc. pattern - usually ass'd with fibroadenoma or malignant lesions Ans✓✓✓
Clustered microcalcifications
Calcification made up of calcium deposited in the ducts. Ans✓✓✓ Rod-shaped
Calcification that appears as calcified tubes ass'd with vessels. Ans✓✓✓ Vascular
Calcification usually larger than 1mm--commonly caused by a degenerating
fibroadenoma. Aka _______ Ans✓✓✓ Large Coarse, popcorn
Calcification which may be seen as a crescent or rim shape or round with a lucent
center--either represents calcium deposit in a cyst, milk of calcium cysts,
sebaceous cyst, hemorrhagic cyst, or fat necrosis. Ans✓✓✓ Rim or eggshell
Calcifications are more commonly ass'd with ________ processes, however,
approximately 1/2 of all _________ __________ contain calcifications. Ans✓✓✓
Benign, breast cancers
Diagnosis of a tumor cannot be made on _______ alone. Ans✓✓✓ density
Fat density structures (3) Ans✓✓✓ Fat, Fatty Cysts, Lipomas
Fat density structures are ___________. Ans✓✓✓ Radiolucent
Fine, interrupted, linear calcifications within the ducts (not solid rods), almost
exclusively ass'd with malignancy. Ans✓✓✓ Linear branching calcifications
