title: "Witch's milk" and 99mTc-pertechnetate uptake in neonatal breast tissue: an uncommon but not unexpected finding.
abstract: Milk coming from the breast of newborn is called "witch's milk", and it results from transplacental transfer of maternal hormones. We present a case of a 5-day-old female neonate with secretion of "witch's milk", prominent breast nodules, and uptake of 99mTc-perchnetate in bilateral breast nodules on Meckel scan. Familiarity with this uncommon though not unexpected finding is needed to avoid confusion while interpreting Meckel scintigraphy.
authors: Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors: Sachin
authors: S
authors: Jain
authors: Punit
authors: P
authors: Sharma
authors: Anirban
authors: A
authors: Mukherjee
authors: Chandrasekhar
authors: C
authors: Bal
authors: Rakesh
authors: R
authors: Kumar
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m
chemical_list: D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m