Tattoo pigment mimicking axillary lymph node calcifications on mammography

Axillary lymph nodes can appear abnormal on mammography due to uptake of tattoo pigment and a malignant cause must be excluded through diagnostic workup. Furthermore, tattoo pigment can mimic malignant pathology at surgery or confound appropriate staging of breast cancer. We present the case of a 47...

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Main Authors: Tyler Paul Litton, MD, Sujata Vijay Ghate, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-08-01
Series:Radiology Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043320301837