The focus of this book is to present via mammographic images, the patterns of normal and abnormal breasts so that radiologists may be better equipped to identify breast cancers. The Atlas of Mammography serves as a primary training tool as well as a reference source when one is faced with a diagnostic dilemma. The book is organized based on a pattern-recognition format, thereby facilitating its use as a reference source.
Chapters on anatomy, techniques and positioning and an approach to mammographic analysis are once again included as well as a series of chapters on masses, calcifications, dilated ducts, the edema pattern and asymmetries. The male breast, the axilla, the post surgical and augmented breast are covered as well as a series of chapters on breast interventions and the roles of ultrasound and MRI. New chapters in this book are those on asymmetries and distortions, the augmented breast, galactography, needle localization, percutaneous breast biopsy, ultrasound and MRI. In each chapter, comprehensive differential diagnoses are presented with cases demonstrating the various entities.
Images were acquired on Siemens analog and full field digital units. All mammographic images are presented with the patient's left to the reader's left.
This book will provide you with greater insight into the complexities of mammography.
About the Author
Ellen Shaw de Paredes MD, FACR: Founder and Director of Ellen Shaw de Paredes Institute for Women's Imaging, Glen Allen, Virginia; Clinical Professor of Radiology, University of Virginia, School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia; Clinical Professor of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia.