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Mammogram guidelines: Second look

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  • Dense breast tissue: What it means to have dense breasts
    Contrast-enhanced digital mammogram. A contrast-enhanced digital mammogram uses contrast material that contains iodine. The contrast material can highlight possible areas of concern on a mammogram. The contrast material goes into a vein in your arm. You wait a few minutes for the contrast to reach the breast tissue. Then you have a mammogram.
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  • Breast cysts
    Diagnosis of a breast cyst usually includes a breast exam; imaging tests, such as a breast ultrasound or mammogram; and possibly fine-needle aspiration or a breast biopsy. Breast exam. After discussing your symptoms and health history, your doctor will physically examine the breast lump and check for any other breast abnormalities.
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  • Suspicious breast lumps
    Diagnostic mammogram. This is an X-ray of your breasts. During a mammogram, your breasts are compressed between two firm surfaces. Then an X-ray takes black-and-white images. When your healthcare professional orders a diagnostic mammogram, this tells the radiologist who reviews your images that you have a new breast concern.
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  • Breast cancer
    Mammogram. A mammogram is an X-ray of the breast tissue. Mammograms are commonly used to screen for breast cancer. If a screening mammogram finds something concerning, you might have another mammogram to look at the area more closely. This more-detailed mammogram is called a diagnostic mammogram. It's often used to look closely at both breasts.
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  • 3D mammogram
    A 3D mammogram is a breast cancer screening test that helps find breast cancer in people with no symptoms of the disease. It also can be used to look at breast concerns, such as a breast mass, pain and nipple discharge. A 3D mammogram differs from a standard mammogram because it makes 3D images. A standard mammogram makes 2D images.
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