Tattoo ink leads to mistaken surgery
17th June 2015
By Amanda Davey
The recent case of a woman whose tattoos mimicked cancer highlights the risk of false-positive scan results in an era of rampant body art, say researchers.

Writing in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology, they point out the ease with which tattoo ink can be mistaken for lymphatic metastasis on diagnostic imaging.
The 32-year-old patient with locally