CASE 16

Clinical history: Fifty-year-old patient presenting with a 2 cm large palpable "mass" in the breast. No family history of breast cancer.

Mammography: Widespread calcifications over an area of 6 cm with extension in direction of the nipple. Nodular aspect of the breast parenchyma.

Surgery: Resection biopsy of the nodular area and of some calcifications for diagnosis. Many calcifications remains in the breast.

Demonstrated slide: Representative cross section of the entire biopsy containing the lesions and of the inked surgical edges.