Pseudocalcifications in the breast

Last revised by Yuranga Weerakkody on 7 Nov 2013

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Citation:

Skandhan A, Weerakkody Y, Pseudocalcifications in the breast. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 19 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-25780

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-25780

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/25780

rID:

25780

Article created:

7 Nov 2013, Avni K P Skandhan

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At the time the article was created Avni K P Skandhan had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

7 Nov 2013, Yuranga Weerakkody ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Yuranga Weerakkody had no recorded disclosures.

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2 times, by 2 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Breast

Tags:

breast, stub, refs

Synonyms:

Pseudocalcifications in breast

Pseudocalcifications and artifacts in the breast include

gold deposits in lymph nodes from intramuscular gold therapy for rheumatoid arthritis
adhesive tape
deodorant
film-screen artifacts

They should be differentiated from parenchymal calcification. Precautions to be taken are to ask the patient to avoid usage of powder, deodorant or creams on the breast prior to a mammogram and if used should be removed adequately.