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'''Iatrogenic tattoo''' a marking placed a physician or surgeon. | '''Iatrogenic tattoo''' a marking placed a physician or surgeon. | ||
==General== | |||
*Iatrogenic tattoos are commonly seen in the context of polypectomy scars. Unfortunately, endoscopists are not good at documenting them; a study from 2021 found 67% of the time the location of the tattoo is not documented.<ref name=pmid33025255>{{cite journal |authors=Hershorn O, Park J, Singh H, Clouston K, Vergis A, Helewa RM |title=Predictors and rates of prior endoscopic tattoo localization amongst individuals undergoing elective colorectal resections for benign and malignant lesions |journal=Surg Endosc |volume=35 |issue=10 |pages=5524–5530 |date=October 2021 |pmid=33025255 |doi=10.1007/s00464-020-08048-8 |url=}}</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Polypectomy scar]]. | *[[Polypectomy scar]]. | ||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:Diagnosis]] | [[Category:Diagnosis]] | ||
Revision as of 22:07, 12 December 2023
Iatrogenic tattoo a marking placed a physician or surgeon.
General
- Iatrogenic tattoos are commonly seen in the context of polypectomy scars. Unfortunately, endoscopists are not good at documenting them; a study from 2021 found 67% of the time the location of the tattoo is not documented.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Hershorn O, Park J, Singh H, Clouston K, Vergis A, Helewa RM (October 2021). "Predictors and rates of prior endoscopic tattoo localization amongst individuals undergoing elective colorectal resections for benign and malignant lesions". Surg Endosc 35 (10): 5524–5530. doi:10.1007/s00464-020-08048-8. PMID 33025255.