Think of ink: Tattoo pigment masquerading as a breast mass.
Sian ChinMarissa CumperAnitha ThomasElizabeth J WyliePublished in: Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology (2024)
Migration of tattoo pigment to axillary lymph nodes mimicking calcifications is a recognized phenomenon, however, pigment in an intra-mammary node masquerading as a breast mass is a rare complication of cosmetic tattoos. As the prevalence of tattooing increases among women presenting to Breastscreen, radiologists may expect to encounter this lesion mimicking a breast neoplasm. We present a 50-year-old female with extensive tattoos on her arms, chest wall and abdomen, recalled for a small calcified breast mass on her first screening mammogram. Tomosynthesis-guided vacuum-assisted biopsy demonstrated intra-mammary lymph node with abundant tattoo pigment.
Keyphrases
- lymph node
- sentinel lymph node
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- squamous cell carcinoma
- risk factors
- pregnant women
- early stage
- type diabetes
- artificial intelligence
- computed tomography
- low grade
- adipose tissue
- ultrasound guided
- radiation therapy
- rectal cancer
- skeletal muscle
- insulin resistance
- deep learning
- fine needle aspiration
- cervical cancer screening