Iatrogenic tattoo

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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

  1. ↑ 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.
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