Architectural Distortion No mass was seen, but the appearance of the breast tissue is not normal. The radiologist’s level of concern will depend on what is contributing to the distortion.

Mammograms are a standard screening radiology exam recommended for asymptomatic women over the age of 40 for early detection of breast cancer. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women.

Tauschek also looks for “architectural distortion,” or a place where tissue starts to pull together in sort of a star shape, as well as subtle changes in breast tissue density.

Images in a 42-year-old woman who presented for routine screening. (A) Two-dimensional craniocaudal digital mammogram and (B) two-dimensional mediolateral digital mammogram show heterogeneously ...

The overall upgrade rate of architectural distortion on DBT with concordant nonmalignant pathology results at biopsy to malignancy at surgery was 10.2% (13/128).

Medically reviewed by Gagandeep Brar, MD Breast cancer diagnosis often begins with abnormal findings on a screening mammogram. It can also begin with breast changes, such as a lump that you detect ...

Having a prior surgical biopsy can make interpretation of the mammogram more difficult, because it causes some distortion on the mammogram; it doesn't look like quite normal tissue, but usually we ...