Breast Tomosynthesis: Present Considerations and Future Applications

Movie 1. Breast tomosynthesis in a 57-year-old woman. Cine shows the mass, which is well circumscribed.

Movie 2. Fibrocystic changes and ductal hyperplasia without atypia in a 45-year-old woman with a palpable abnormality in the left breast. Breast tomosynthesis cine clearly shows the mass.

Movie 3. Micropapillary-type ductal carcinoma in situ in a 65-year-old woman. Breast tomosynthesis cine clearly depicts the border of the mass and adjacent ductal extension.

Movie 4. Metastasis from endometrioid carcinoma in a 59-year-old woman with a palpable nodule in the right breast. Breast tomosynthesis cine clearly shows the borders of the three masses and shows a fourth mass.

Movie 5. Infiltrating ductal carcinoma and ductal carcinoma in situ in a 51-year-old woman with a lump in the right breast for 1 month. Breast tomosynthesis cine shows accompanying architectural distortion and the direction and extent of microcalcifications.

Movie 6. Invasive ductal carcinoma in a 45-year-old woman with a lump in the left breast for 6 months. Breast tomosynthesis cine shows the microlobulated, spiculated border of the mass, a finding suggestive of malignancy.

Movie 7. Artifacts due to a large calcification in the left breast of a 79-year-old woman. Breast tomosynthesis cine shows a more exaggerated calcification-related artifact.

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