Images in Clinical Medicine

Kim Eagle, M.D., Editor

Nonpalpable Breast Carcinoma Detected by Screening Mammography

Marc J. Homer, M.D.

N Engl J Med 1993; 328:1609June 3, 1993

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Figure 1 Nonpalpable Breast Carcinoma Detected by Screening Mammography.

Breast cancer was identified on a routine screening mammogram (oblique view) in a 69-year-old woman. The mass, which measured 4 mm (arrow), was not palpable. Histologic examination revealed an infiltrating adenocarcinoma.

Kim Eagle, M.D.

Marc J. Homer, M.D.
New England Medical Center Hospital-Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111