Calcinates in the mammary gland

Calcinates in the mammary gland (deposition of calcium salts) in recent years are diagnosed many times more often than before.

If a woman is suspected of having breast a woman, a number of examinations are recommended, among which the most effective is mammography. Calcinates in the mammary gland can be determined with the help of mammography, as well as other types of x-ray studies.

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Causes of the calcification in the mammary gland

The causes of calcification in the mammary gland can be several, the most dangerous - breast cancer. In any case, if a microobject is detected, the patient is immediately assigned a biopsy. The causes of deposits of calcium salts in the chest:

• breast cancer;
• overdose with calcium and vitamin D3;
• stagnation with lactation;
• salt deposits;
• climacterium;
• metabolic disorders;
• age changes in the body.

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Pathogenesis

Mammologists note that, as a rule, deposits of calcium salts are not a threat to the health and life of a woman. They are formed due to metabolic disorders, stagnation during prolonged lactation, overdose of vitamin D3 and calcium, during the menopause. However, about 20% of cases of this pathology is provoked by breast cancer. Therefore, a thorough diagnosis is absolutely necessary in the detection of this pathology, to let it go on its own, this process does not follow in any case. After the discovery of deposits of calcium salts immediately prescribe a biopsy.

Micro-infections can be found in the ducts of the breast, lobules and stroma of the breast. As a rule, lobular foci of pathology are benign, they occur with fibrocystic mastopathy, breast cysts, metabolic disorders, treatment is not required.

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Symptoms of the calcification in the mammary gland

When palpation microobjects are not probed, this means that they can not be determined on examination. Deposits of calcium salts are determined by mammography, which must be done once a year. Symptoms of calcification in the mammary gland, as a rule, are absent. It is for this reason that pathology at an early stage of development is difficult to identify, a woman should do preventive mammograms at least once a year.

The presence of deposits of calcium salts in the body can show a biochemical analysis of blood and blood on hormones.

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Forms

Deposits of calcium salts can have different shapes and sizes, be single and multiple. They are divided into lobular, ductal, stromal.

Single calcinates in the mammary gland

There are a number of reasons for the appearance of calcification in the mammary gland. They are difficult to diagnose, so you need to do mammograms regularly, once a year. Microobjects in the chest can be of various forms and locations. As a rule, single calcinates in the mammary gland indicate that the process in the stroma of the breast is benign.

The foci are annular, in the form of a cup and crescent, indicating cysts in the chest, as well as fibrocystic mastopathy.

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Small calcinates in the mammary gland

The deposits of calcium salts in the chest can be quite small. Small calcification in the mammary gland is a bad sign. Minor deposits of calcium salts that do not have clear boundaries, located difuzonno across the chest or in a particular place, in most cases, indicate breast cancer. A biopsy is immediately assigned to exclude or confirm an oncological disease.

Accumulation of calcinates in the mammary gland

The woman's breasts require special attention. Now, when breast cancer occupies a leading place among all types of cancer, mammography should be done at least once a year. Moreover, it is only possible to determine the presence of micro-infections in the breast in mammography alone. The accumulation of calcinates in the mammary gland may indicate an oncological disease (especially if the foci are small). The accumulation of calcium salt deposits does not necessarily indicate breast cancer, but a biopsy should be performed immediately.

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Multiple calcifications in the mammary gland

Determine the disease of the breast in shape, size, quantity and nature of the location of micro-infections is possible with a high probability. As a rule, the larger the pathological foci is in size, the less likely that a woman is cancer. Conversely, small, single deposits of calcium salts can be evidence of oncology.

Multiple calcifications in the mammary gland (their placer) - a bad symptom, requiring additional diagnosis, biopsy.

Diagnostics of the calcification in the mammary gland

Diagnosis of calcification in the mammary gland is performed by a mammologist. The fact is that during routine examination, palpation of the breast, it is impossible to detect the presence of deposits of calcium salts, they are not probed.

A woman should monitor her own health and, at least once a year, do a mammogram. Microobjects are determined only by x-rays. Their shape, cluster and size can tell a lot to a qualified doctor.

If there is a suspicion of breast cancer, a biopsy is prescribed. In other cases, a biochemical blood test is performed, and blood is also given to hormones.

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Treatment of the calcification in the mammary gland

Microobjects are determined by mammography. If they are detected, treatment of calcification in the mammary gland begins with a biopsy in order to exclude breast cancer. If this diagnosis is confirmed, the patient is treated by oncologists.

If the tumor is benign, the mammologist will prescribe hormones, breast massage and a special diet in order to reduce the level of calcium and vitamin D3 in the body.

Prevention

Prevention of calcification in the mammary gland should be performed by the woman herself. Since micro-invasions are practically not determined by palpation, it is necessary to do mammography once a year. Also, the cause of their occurrence \ can be a long intake of calcium and vitamin D3, take this microelements need not longer than a month, then take a break.

Deposits of calcium salts can occur with metabolic disorders, as well as menopause. Women who are experiencing a period of menopause, you need to regularly visit a mammologist, donate blood to hormones and biochemistry.

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Forecast

The prognosis of calcification in the mammary gland depends on the cause that led to their occurrence. If it is an oncological disease, then oncologists are engaged in its treatment, it is quite difficult to make a prediction in this situation.

Thus, calcification in the mammary gland can occur due to an overdose in the use of calcium and vitamin D3, stagnation during lactation, deposition of calcium salts, menopause, metabolic disorders, age-related changes in the body. All these reasons are easily adjusted by diet, breast massage and hormone therapy.

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