microcalcification

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microcalcification

Imaging An aggregate of precipitated calcium salts, which by LM appears as purplish crystalline debris; MCs usually lack clinical significance, and occur in various tissues–eg, blood vessel walls in ASHD, or in necrosis; MCs appear on mammography as scattered or aggregated white dots, and are a 'soft' diagnostic criterion suggestive of breast CA

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