✦ LIBER ✦
Factitious microcalcifications in breast biopsy material: Laboratory-induced error by use of tattoo powder for specimen mammography
✍ Scribed by Donna J. Lager; John C. O'Connor; Dr. Robert A. Robinson; Robert C. Brown; Luis F. Urdaneta
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 199 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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✦ Synopsis
A xeromammogram led to the surgical excision of a calcified breast lesion on a 66-year-old female. Before specimen mammography was performed, the excised tissue was oriented with tattoo pigment. The specimen mammogram then revealed multiple calcifications caused by unsuspected radio-opaque material in the tattoo pigment, and the original calcifications were obscured. This case demonstrates the hazards involved utilizing tattoo powders for orienting xeromammographically discovered specimens.