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Metallic Fragments on Mammography After Intraoperative Deployment of Radiopaque Clips

Judith F. Katz1, Marc J. Homer1, Roger A. Graham2 and Janice G. Rothschild2

1 Department of Radiology, Tufts-New England Medical Center, 750 Washington St., Boston, MA 02111.
2 Department of Surgery, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111.



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  		Fig. 1. —70-year-old woman after resection of microcalcifications associated with invasive ductal carcinoma. Mammogram shows tiny metallic fragments adjacent to radiopaque clips in this patient who had undergone breast conservation therapy. Larger obviously metallic fragments are also noted on this image. (magnification,x1.9)

 


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  		Fig. 2. —72-year-old woman after resection of microcalcifications associated with invasive ductal carcinoma. Specimen radiograph without magnification was obtained after needle localization and surgical biopsy for what was thought to be residual malignant microcalcifications (arrows). These were metallic fragments; no microcalcifications were found on microscopic examination.

 

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