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Breast Imaging Diagnostic mammogram's and other breast imaging questions. |
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| 5/14/2012 | I had MRI, Ultrasound and mammogram. Nothing alarming on Ultrasound and mammogram. A finding on MRI says that there is a 0.3cm x 0.8cm linear clumped enhancement (Type 1 curve). Classified BIRAD 3. Recommendation is likely to be benign but DCIS may some time present this way. See breast surgeon and she said nothing alarming and wait for 6 months. I'd rather do a biopsy to confirm. please advise | ||
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| 5/14/2012 | See about getting a second opinion reading of your mammogram from another breast imaging radiologist to determine if he/she agrees with a birad 3 (okay to wait 6 months as it appears to be benign) vs looking more concerning that would warrant a biopsy. | ||
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