Fig. 7From: Breast disease in the pregnant and lactating patient: radiological-pathological correlationLactational calcifications. a A 39-year-old lactating woman with an area of palpable concern in the right breast. A mammogram of the left breast, MLO view, shows incidental new diffuse microcalcifications (black arrows). Similar findings were also appreciated in the opposite breast. All of these calcifications represent lactational deposits. b A 38-year-old lactating woman presented with a right breast lump; incidental focal microcalcifications (black arrows) were seen in the left breast at 12:00, magnification view in CC and ML view (not shown here) showed a focal cluster of slightly pleomorphic calcifications. Stereotactic biopsy was performed, which revealed lactational calcificationsBack to article page