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Re: Mammograms and breastfeeding From: Dr (anonymous@obgyn.net) Mon, 28 Jul 1997 15:25:59 -0500 (CDT) Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Dr: "Re: Frequent bleeding" Previous message: AnnMarie: "Re: resquesting information about progesterone suppositories" In reply to: C.R.: "Mammograms and breastfeeding" At Mon, 28 Jul 1997, C.R. wrote: > >I had a routine mammogram about 2 months after stopping breastfeeding (I >had breastfed for a year). The radiologist called me back for a >magnification view, because she saw a suspicious pattern of >microcalcifications. She was just as concerned after the second view, >so I had to see a surgeon and get a biopsy. The biopsy didn't turn up >anything, and the surgeon (and the cytologist) felt 99+% sure that the >mammogram was only picking up milk that was still in my breasts (true >enough, I still had a little bit of leaking for several months). > >I had never heard that it was possible to get a suspicious mammogram >reading after breastfeeding, and wonder how common this is. > -- Microcalcifications can be signs of malignancy. There are arguments for malignancy in front of a microcalcification but the diagnosis can not be absolutely sure before the pathology. It is true anyway that the reading of mammograms is difficult during and immediately after a pregnancy. -- Bernard Cristalli MD CNGOF AIHP - ACCA Paris - France http://www.obgyn.net/corresp/cristalli.htm Next message: Dr: "Re: Frequent bleeding" Previous message: AnnMarie: "Re: resquesting information about progesterone suppositories" In reply to: C.R.: "Mammograms and breastfeeding"

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