CALCIUM-OXALATE MICROCALCIFICATIONS IN THE BREAST

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作者
SURRATT, JT
MONSEES, BS
MAZOUJIAN, G
机构
[1] WASHINGTON UNIV,SCH MED,EDWARD MALLINCKRODT INST RADIOL,510 S KINGSHIGHWAY BLVD,ST LOUIS,MO 63110
[2] WASHINGTON UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT PATHOL,ST LOUIS,MO 63110
关键词
BREAST; BIOPSY; CALCIFICATION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS;
D O I
10.1148/radiology.181.1.1887023
中图分类号
R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;
摘要
Calcium oxalate calcifications can be difficult to detect with routine histologic procedures. In the reported case, microcalcifications that were evident with radiography of the specimen and of the paraffin blocks could not be detected with light microscopy. Polarized light microscopy, however, revealed the calcifications to be calcium oxalate crystals. Use of polarized light microscopy may resolve radiologic-pathologic discrepancies in such cases.
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页码:141 / 142
页数:2
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