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A 47-Year-Old Woman With Ductal Carcinoma In Situ
Monica Morrow, MD
JAMA. 1996;275(1):61-66.
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Dr Daley:
Mrs Y is a 47-year-old teacher. Married and the mother of two children, she lives in suburban Boston, Mass. She is covered by private health insurance through her husband's employer.
The patient has been healthy, with no prior surgeries or hospitalizations other than childbirth. She has had no medical problems except for a left breast biopsy many years ago. She takes no medications. She is gravida 2, para 2, abortus 0, with regular menstrual periods. Her family history is significant for her mother, who was diagnosed with breast cancer at 61 years of age and died 4 years after her initial diagnosis with widespread metastases. Given her family history, Mrs Y has been conscientious about breast self-examination and undergoing screening mammography regularly.
In June 1995, the patient had a screening mammogram that showed microcalcifications in the left breast. There was no palpable mass. After review, the mammographer recommended
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Footnotes
Dr Morrow is Associate Professor of Surgery and Director of the Lynn Sage Comprehensive Breast Program, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, III.
This conference took place at the Surgery Grand Rounds of the Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Mass, on September 9, 1995.
Reprint requests to Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Hospital, 330 Brookline Ave, LY339, Boston, MA 02215 (Ms Walzer).
Clinical Crossroads at Boston's Beth Israel Hospital is produced and edited by Thomas L. Delbanco, MD, and Jennifer Daley, MD; Janet Walzer, MEd, is managing editor. Clinical Crossroads section editor: Margaret A. Winker, MD, Senior Editor, JAMA.
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