Radiographic Appearance of Mammary-Duct Ectasia with Calcification

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Abstract
IN 1906 Bloodgood1 recognized as a separate entity the disease of the breast that was subsequently termed mammary-duct ectasia, secretory disease, plasma-cell mastitis and so forth. The disease, although benign, has a remarkable proclivity for clinically mimicking mammary carcinoma. This report is presented after our experience with a patient who was considered, on clinical grounds, to have an unequivocal carcinoma of the breast and in whom preoperative mammography established the true nature of the disease.Case ReportA 67-year-old woman (N.Y.H. 633910), para 1, gravida 1, was admitted to the hospital. One week before entry a discrete mass had been . . .