LEADED MAMMARY MICRO-OPACITIES MIMICKING MICROCALCIFICATION

Authors
BERTRAND AF DUBOISTOUSSAINT S LORIMIER G BASLE MF BERTRAND G
Citation
Af. Bertrand et al., LEADED MAMMARY MICRO-OPACITIES MIMICKING MICROCALCIFICATION, Journal de radiologie, 76(4), 1995, pp. 213-215
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Journal de radiologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
02210363
Volume
76
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
213 - 215
Database
ISI
SICI code
0221-0363(1995)76:4<213:LMMMM>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
After a surgical excision of focal mammary ''microcalcification'' we n oticed that in fact they represented fine lead deposits (mean diameter : 100 mu m) resulting from an attempted suicide (22 long rifle) 10 yea rs previously. The leaded nature of these foreign microbodies was demo nstrated by a micro-analysis by energy dispersion on histological slid es.