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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]] | ||