Artifacts that mimic breast calcification
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ArtefactsArtifacts that mimic breast calcification can arise from a number of sources. These include:
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deodorants on skin: most practices recommend that clients for mammography do not use deodorant or perfume on the day of the study for this reason. The residue from deodorant is a very fine, dense, misty collection of axillary opacities that mimic very fine cutaneous calcifications. Most technologists will wipe the axilla down with a wet cloth and repeat the view. The
artefactartifact will be gone. In practice, this very rarely presents a diagnostic dilemma. -
fingerprint
artefactartifact on film: in digital imaging, this is not a problem. This used to be an issue in the days of film screen mammography when indifferent handling in the darkroom could lead to a fingerprint on an image. Luckily a fingerprint looks like a fingerprint. Issues did arise when a portion of a print whorl appeared on an image. Luckily you could identify the culprit.
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-<p> </p><p><strong>Artefacts that mimic breast calcification</strong> can arise from a number of sources. These include:</p><ul>- +<p><strong>Artifacts that mimic breast calcification</strong> can arise from a number of sources. These include:</p><ul>
-<strong>deodorants </strong>on skin: most practices recommend that clients for mammography do not use deodorant or perfume on the day of the study for this reason. The residue from deodorant is a very fine, dense, misty collection of axillary opacities that mimic very fine cutaneous calcifications. Most technologists will wipe the axilla down with a wet cloth and repeat the view. The artefact will be gone. In practice, this very rarely presents a diagnostic dilemma.</li>- +<strong>deodorants </strong>on skin: most practices recommend that clients for mammography do not use deodorant or perfume on the day of the study for this reason. The residue from deodorant is a very fine, dense, misty collection of axillary opacities that mimic very fine cutaneous calcifications. Most technologists will wipe the axilla down with a wet cloth and repeat the view. The artifact will be gone. In practice, this very rarely presents a diagnostic dilemma.</li>
-<strong>fingerprint </strong>artefact on film: in digital imaging, this is not a problem. This used to be an issue in the days of film screen mammography when indifferent handling in the darkroom could lead to a fingerprint on an image. Luckily a fingerprint looks like a fingerprint. Issues did arise when a portion of a print whorl appeared on an image. Luckily you could identify the culprit.</li>- +<strong>fingerprint </strong>artifact on film: in digital imaging, this is not a problem. This used to be an issue in the days of film screen mammography when indifferent handling in the darkroom could lead to a fingerprint on an image. Luckily a fingerprint looks like a fingerprint. Issues did arise when a portion of a print whorl appeared on an image. Luckily you could identify the culprit.</li>
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