Breast Imaging Center - McLaren Port Huron

Routine care is the best way to keep you and your breasts healthy

McLaren Port Huron's goal is to meet the needs of women from childbirth and childhood, to midlife and menopause. Everything you need is right here under one roof. Simply put, we offer the right care, at just the right time. Our vision is to promote healthy families through shared knowledge, compassionate interactions and excellence in care. Our Community Advisory Board, established in 1987, is made up of women from our community representing diverse ages, occupations, cultures and interests. We seek insight, input and advocacy on women's and children's health issues and interests from this board. For more information about our board, please contact Women's Wellness Place at (810) 985-2663 or email us.

Although detecting breast cancer at its earliest stages is the main goal of routine breast care, other benign conditions, such as fibrocystic breasts or cysts, are often discovered as well. Breast changes are common throughout a woman's life, but it is important to see your provider regularly and get any breast exams or procedures he or she recommends. 

Breast health services available through Women's Wellness Place

Screening Mammogram

• Images of the breasts that are used for women who have no breast symptoms or concerns

Diagnostic Mammogram

• A woman with a breast symptom (for instance, a lump or nipple discharge) or an abnormal area found in a screening typically gets a diagnostic mammogram.

3D Mammography / Tomosynthesis

• Is the latest technology, enabling radiologists to view tissue images one millimeter at a time, offering significantly better clarity than ever before. The more advanced 3D mammography is capable of detecting cancer in dense breast tissue, when there is a lump, or when there is an increased risk of breast cancer. It also reduces false positives, sparing patients the worry and expense of follow-up tests. 3D mammography is performed as a supplement to a conventional 2D mammogram.

Breast Ultrasound

• Often used to examine a breast change when a mammogram shows dense breast tissues, uses sound waves to look inside the breast.

Breast Self Exam Education

• For women receiving their first mammogram, instruction on proper techniques of breast self exams are taught to increase self awareness of breast changes that should be reported to their health provider immediately.

Stereotactic Core Biopsy

• Procedure uses digital mammography, while needle is inserted into the breast to acquire a small tissue sample for pathology testing to evaluate breast abnormalities from routine mammogram.

Ultrasound Core Biopsy

• This diagnostic procedure uses ultrasound in place of mammography. A needle is inserted into the breast to acquire a small tissue sample for pathology testing.

Ultrasound Breast Cyst Aspiration

• A procedure performed by placing an ultrasound probe over the site of a breast cyst and numbing the area with local anesthesia. The radiologist then places a small needle directly into the cyst and withdraws fluid.

Needle Localization with Mammography/Ultrasound

• A two step process used to locate the abnormal tissue and placing a needle with a small wire threaded through it identifying the area to be biopsied. The surgeon then follows the wire implanted to locate the abnormality and it is then removed.

Breast MRI

• MRI scans use magnets and radio waves instead of x-rays to produce a very detailed, cross-sectional picture of the breast.

Breast MRI Biopsy

• An MRI Biopsy is utilized when the suspicious area cannot be located by mammography or ultrasound. Computers are used to guide the radiologist in locating the area of concern, plot its location and help aim the probe into the breast.