"Skin calcifications in the breast usually form in dermal sweat glands after low-grade folliculitis and the inspissation of sebaceous material. Calcifications may also form in moles and other skin lesions. Often, these calcifications are in groups as they extend into small glands in the skin."
"may maintain the same relationship to each other on multiple mammographic views and this appearance is called the tattoo sign 3-4"
"on tomosynthesis, skin calcifications can be easily identified because they are on the first or last slice of the study."
"the coordinates of calcifications are obtained using a mammographic compression plate with a localising grid (a rectangular hole that has letters and numbers around the edge of the hole), and a metallic BB marker placed on the patient’s skin at the site of the calcification grid coordinates"
"skin calcifications will be directly under the BB marker in the skin and intraparenchymal calcifications will be in breast tissue under the marker away from the skin"
Expected headings
"Practical points"