Making the Diagnosis: A Practical Guide to Breast Imaging

"This book provides superb guidance for the interpretation of breast imaging studies for those interpreting physicians who are not subspecialists in breast imaging as well as for trainees in breast imaging. It fills an important niche in the field."-Bennett Greenspan, MD, MD(Medical College of Georgia) Doody Review: 5 stars

• Section I: Approach and Technique1. The First Question 2. Physics Facts that WILL Improve Your Images3. Screening Mammography 101 and Beyond4. The Recalled Patient: Now What?Section II: Findings on Mammography5. Breast Anatomy and Physiology: Recognizing Normal Changes6. Calcifications Made Easy7. Management of Masses: BI-RADS 2, 3, or 4?8. Multiple Masses 9. Architectural Distortion 10. Mammographic Asymmetries 11. Expanding the Differential Diagnosis: Going Beyond IDC-NOSSection III: Screening Detection12. Finding Cancers in Dense Tissue 13. Measuring and Managing Breast Cancer RiskSection IV: Diagnostic Examinations and Management14. The Painful and the Palpable15. Evaluation of Nipple Discharge 16. The Male Breast 17. Imaging the Patient with Breast Cancer Section V: Postoperative Studies18. The Postoperative Breast19. Evaluating Women with ImplantsSection VI: Interventions20. Breast Needle Biopsy: Tips for Challenging Cases