Developing asymmetry in a screening mammogram: A cautionary tale of a missed cancer
Jane Michele Peart, G. H. Thomson, Stephen James Wood · Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology · 2017
The developing asymmetry has a 12-15% risk of malignancy but poses challenges of detection and interpretation due to the lack of typical features of cancer and the frequent absence of an ultrasound correlate. Failure to biopsy these lesions may lead to delayed diagnosis of breast cancer.