No.: Ordinarily, seborrheic keratoses are not visualized on mammography, digital or otherwise. A dermatologist can tell you about them, sometimes with just a glance.
Answered 2/11/2017
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Possibly: Some mammography facilities will mark skin lesions with a metallic "bb" marker so that on the mammogram the radiologist will know that the area(s) marked correspond to skin lesions.
Answered 5/22/2014
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Should be told : The technologist doing the study should be alerted to these findings and marked. Otherwise they may appear as focal skin thickening and suspicious
Answered 11/2/2018
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Maybe: These may be seen on a mammogram, and possibly simulate an abnormality. You should point them out to the mammo technologist, they might want to place small skin markers on them in order to identify them on the mammogram.
Answered 6/15/2014
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