Breast Health & Imaging

Infirmary Health’s Breast Centers at Mobile Infirmary, Thomas Hospital and North Baldwin Infirmary provide full-service breast care services for detection, prevention and treatment of all breast related diseases. Additionally, mammography services are located across Mobile and Baldwin counties for convenient access.

What Is Breast Health?

Breast health is unique to each individual women. To better understand what breast health means to you, start with a sense of what is normal for your breasts and perform regular self breast exams.

Learn more about Breast Cancer.

For many women, breast health includes concerns about breast lumps, nipple pain or discharge. Know what is normal for your breasts and when to consult your doctor.

Infirmary Health is a proud partner of Know Your Lemons. Take their Breast Health IQ Quiz here and download their app to your smart phone or tablet.

Infirmary Health Breast Centers

Infirmary Health’s Breast Centers at Mobile Infirmary, Thomas Hospital and North Baldwin Infirmary provide a wide variety of services to detect and treat breast cancer and other conditions.

The purpose of breast health centers is to provide comprehensive care to women to ensure that their breasts remain healthy and that no minor versions of these conditions turn into serious breast cancer.

Our breast centers are based at Mobile Infirmary, Thomas Hospital and North Baldwin Infirmary. We also offer mammography services at numerous locations including:

• 2D & 3D Mammography
• Breast biopsies
• Cyst aspiration
• Galactogram
• High-definition ultrasound

Mammography

Mammograms are designed to use small amounts of radiation to examine the inside of the breast and ensure no cancer is present. Our mammograms are conducted by trained radiologists who will analyze the results and then consult with you in diagnostic situations.

Our mammogram team has received the Breast Imaging Center of Excellence award for our mammography work. With state-of-the-art technology and a team of specialists, Infirmary Health has a mammography team that can meet the needs of all women.

3D Mammography & Whole Breast Ultrasound

With almost 40% of women having dense breasts (less fat and more tissue), mammograms alone may not always work to identify breast cancer. However, our mammographers use the Invenia ABUS 2.0 - an FDA approved mammography system for women with dense breasts to ensure that their breasts are properly screened. Instead of using radiation, this state-of-the-art technology uses sound waves to screen the entire breast. The following locations also utilize Genius 3D Mammography technology to examine complex breast tissue to ensure that no cancer is undiagnosed:

• The Breast Center at Mobile Infirmary
• The Breast Center at Thomas Hospital
• North Baldwin Infirmary Imaging Center
• Infirmary Imaging | Saraland
• Infirmary Imaging | Hillcrest
• Thomas Medical Center

Other Services

Also available at our Breast Centers is education information about breast cancer, ways to treat it and after treatment care. This education along with the advice of our physicians is supposed to provide the women with all of the resources she needs to formulate a comprehensive breast care plan.

Bone Density Scan

A bone density scan, also known as a DEXA scan, is a type of low-dose x-ray that measures calcium and other minerals in your bones. Bone density scans are often used to diagnose or assess your risk of osteoporosis, a health condition that weakens bones and makes them more likely to break. Infirmary Health is proud to be able to offer Bone Density Scans to our patients concurrently with their mammogram, if needed. The following locations offer the DEXA scan:

• The Breast Center at Thomas Hospital
• North Baldwin Infirmary Imaging Center
• Infirmary Imaging | Saraland
• Infirmary Imaging | I-65
• Thomas Medical Center