African Reactions to Missionary Education. Edward H. Berman

Calcification in Breast Arteries

“…Consecutive female breast specimens sent to the Institute of Pathology, Odense University Hospital, during the period 1.1.80 -30. 9.80 were studied together with consecutive breast biopsies from autopsied women during the period 15.9.81 -28.11.82. Tissue from patients with malignant breast disease, renal and parathyroid disease, was excluded.…”

“…No such changes could be demonstrated in the present material. Radiologically, arterial calcification is seen as characteristically linear, ramifying or tortuous (2,4,9,12,16); quite different from the groups of punctate or irregularly shaped de-posits associated with carcinoma (16). Histologically, calcification of vessels is found within arteries as linear streaks (6,12).…”

“…Histologically, calcification of vessels is found within arteries as linear streaks (6,12). By contrast, the carcinoma-associated calcifications are found within glands or cancer containing ducts as groups of rounded and often laminated calcifications or as calcified granules within necrotic debris (4, 9,16).…”