Bertrand A F, Dubois-Toussaint S, Lorimier G, Basle M F, Bertrand G
Service de Radiologie, Centre Paul-Papin, Angers.
J Radiol. 1995 Apr;76(4):213-5.
After a surgical excision of focal mammary "microcalcification" we noticed that in fact they represented fine lead deposits (mean diameter: 100 microns) resulting from an attempted suicide (22 long rifle) 10 years previously. The leaded nature of these foreign microbodies was demonstrated by a micro-analysis by energy dispersion on histological slides.
