Table 1.
Feature | Number | % of total | |
---|---|---|---|
Type of mammogram | Digital | 206 | 66 |
Film-screen | 79 | 25 | |
Not known | 26 | 8 | |
Age at mammogram | <60 | 130 | 42 |
≥60 | 181 | 58 | |
Side | Left | 148 | 48 |
Right | 163 | 52 | |
Sitea | Upper outer quadrant | 173 | 56 |
Upper inner quadrant | 53 | 17 | |
Lower outer quadrant | 42 | 14 | |
Lower inner quadrant | 51 | 16 | |
Retroareolar | 24 | 8 | |
Not known | 9 | 3 | |
Microcalcifications | Present | 282 | 91 |
Absent | 23 | 7 | |
Not known | 6 | 2 | |
Microcalcification pattern | Casting | 86 | 30 |
Granular | 139 | 49 | |
Punctate | 42 | 15 | |
Other | 1 | 0 | |
Not known | 14 | 5 | |
Microcalcification distribution | Diffuse | 22 | 8 |
Grouped | 110 | 39 | |
Linear | 21 | 7 | |
Regional | 30 | 11 | |
Segmental | 42 | 15 | |
Not known | 57 | 20 | |
Predominant mammographic feature | Calcification | 258 | 83 |
Mass - well defined | 10 | 3 | |
Mass - ill defined | 22 | 7 | |
Distortion | 5 | 2 | |
Spiculate Mass | 1 | 0 | |
Other | 8 | 3 | |
Not known | 7 | 2 | |
Maximum lesion size (mm) | 1–10 | 82 | 26 |
11–20 | 57 | 18 | |
21–40 | 65 | 21 | |
41–60 | 39 | 13 | |
61–80 | 25 | 8 | |
>80 | 20 | 6 | |
Not known | 23 | 7 | |
BIRADs breast density | a | 21 | 7 |
b | 123 | 40 | |
c | 83 | 27 | |
d | 16 | 5 | |
Not known | 68 | 22 |
More than one site can be specified per case.