Ultrasound-Guided Removal of Breast Foreign Matter: A Case Report

Breastfeed Med. 2019 May;14(4):278-279. doi: 10.1089/bfm.2019.0014. Epub 2019 Apr 16.

Abstract

Background: The origins of foreign matter are almost of medical materials, and no previous cases of ultrasound-guided breast foreign matter removal have been reported. The patient was a 30-year-old female with mammary foreign matter, a horse's bristle used in the treatment conducted by the galactagogue master. Methods: Removal of mammary foreign matter under the guidance of ultrasound. Results: A horse's bristle in the breast that was successfully removed with the guidance of ultrasound and the overall process of the operation went smoothly and took minutes. Conclusions: Ultrasonography is the first line of breast disease examination and the future will present many new treatment opportunities of interventional ultrasound.

Keywords: breast; foreign matter; interventional ultrasound; ultrasound-guided.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Breast / diagnostic imaging*
  • Breast / surgery
  • Female
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging*
  • Foreign Bodies / surgery
  • Hair
  • Horses
  • Humans
  • Ultrasonography, Interventional*