macrocalcification
Noun
Relatively large-scale calcification.
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The traditional teaching is that cancer is associated with microcalcification, while benign breast disease is associated with macrocalcification.
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Microcalcification induces inflammation and promotes plaque rupture, whereas macrocalcification which refers to the sheet-like appearance of calcification acts as a barrier to inflammation and stabilizes the plaque [40 ,41 ].
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macrocalcifications