[Breast micro-opacities of lead origin mimicking microcalcifications].
After a surgical excision of focal mammary "microcalcification" we noticed that in fact they represented fine lead deposits (mean diameter: 100 microns) resulting from an attempted suicide (22 long rifle) 10 years previously. The leaded nature of these foreign microbodies was demonstrated by a micro-analysis by energy dispersion on histological slides.
Bertrand
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Service de Radiologie, Centre Paul-Papin, Angers.
Dubois-Toussaint
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Lorimier
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Basle
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Bertrand
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D001940:Breast; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007854:Lead; D008327:Mammography; D008875:Middle Aged; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications
D007854:Lead
Micro-opacités mammaires d'origine saturnine mimant des microcalcifications.