Thursday 8 September 2011

Microcalcifications around a collegen-based breast biopsy marker: complication of biopsy with a percutaneous marking system

Microcalcifications around a collegen-based breast biopsy marker: complication of biopsy with a percutaneous marking system. AJR, August 2011, vol. 197(2), p.W353 - W357

Trop, I., et al.

http://www.ajronline.org/content/197/2/W353.abstract?rss=1

The purpose of this article is to present the cases of four women who underwent percutaneous breast biopsy with deployment of a titanium metallic marker embedded in a bioresorbable collagen plug. Routine follow-up mammography after benign pathologic results were obtained revealed new fine microcalcifications at the biopsy sites, requiring repeat biopsy. Pathologic examination confirmed the presence of microcalcifications associated with an acidophilic foreign material.