The fear and horror I experienced in contemplating a radiologist who believes
that a mammogram irradiates human milk prompted me to check my laboratory and
diagnostics book.  The radiologist must be referring to a breast scan, or
scintimammography, which is used when a routine mammography is felt to be
indeterminate and the need is to differentiate between benign and malignant
lesions.  According to the information I found, the radiopharmaceutical used
is 99mTC miraluma. I think that might be technetium -99M??  If so, Hale
recommends pump and dump for 48 hours.
Pat Sergi-Swinehart, RN, MSN, IBCLC (and soon to be FNP if I can survive one
more semester!)

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