What to know: Dense breasts have more fibrous tissue and milk glands than fat tissue. On a mammogram, the dense areas show up as white — the same color as cancer.

Connective tissue diseases are a heterogeneous group of autoimmune disorders that affect any of the body's connective tissues. These disorders can be inherited or acquired, and can present with a ...

Indications for use: OSSIO fiber ® Suture Anchors (2.5–3.5mm range) are intended to be used for suture or tissue fixation in the foot, ankle, knee, hand, wrist, elbow, and shoulder, in adults ...

Bright-field microscopy (BFM) encrypts the optical transillumination profile of the transmitted light attenuated by the complex micro-structural tissue convolutions, manifested by the dense and ...

A. Almost entirely fatty: Little to no dense tissue B. Scattered areas of fibroglandular density: Some dense tissue, but mostly fatty C. Heterogeneously dense: Mostly dense tissue with some fatty ...

We present a 33-year-old woman with anti-U1 ribonucleoprotein antibody positive mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) since the age of 13. Predominant features were of inflammatory arthritis, Raynaud ...

Dense tissue can hide cancers. Fibrous and glandular tissue looks white on a mammogram. So does a possible tumor. Because it is hard to tell the difference between a tumor and dense breast tissue on a ...

A 19-year-old girl from Essex died after pain across her body—stomach, back, arms, legs, and even during her periods—was dismissed by a doctor, who advised her to take painkillers. Isobel Allen was ...