A needle in the breast: a case report

INTRODUCTION: A needle in the breast tissue is very rarely encountered in clinical practice. CASE PRESENTATION: A 21-year-old woman presented with a needle in her right breast. She was operated on under fluoroscopic guidance. The needle was removed successfully. CONCLUSION: Because of the risk of mi...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Karapolat, Sami
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
Materias:
Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2737779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19830203
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1752-1947-3-7419
_version_ 1782171467553701888
author Karapolat, Sami
author_facet Karapolat, Sami
author_sort Karapolat, Sami
collection PubMed
description INTRODUCTION: A needle in the breast tissue is very rarely encountered in clinical practice. CASE PRESENTATION: A 21-year-old woman presented with a needle in her right breast. She was operated on under fluoroscopic guidance. The needle was removed successfully. CONCLUSION: Because of the risk of migration of the needle into the thoracic cavity and adjacent vital organs, patients with a needle in their breast tissue must be treated surgically.
format Text
id pubmed-2737779
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2009
publisher BioMed Central
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-27377792009-10-14 A needle in the breast: a case report Karapolat, Sami J Med Case Reports Case report INTRODUCTION: A needle in the breast tissue is very rarely encountered in clinical practice. CASE PRESENTATION: A 21-year-old woman presented with a needle in her right breast. She was operated on under fluoroscopic guidance. The needle was removed successfully. CONCLUSION: Because of the risk of migration of the needle into the thoracic cavity and adjacent vital organs, patients with a needle in their breast tissue must be treated surgically. BioMed Central 2009-07-22 /pmc/articles/PMC2737779/ /pubmed/19830203 http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1752-1947-3-7419 Text en Copyright ©2009 licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case report
Karapolat, Sami
A needle in the breast: a case report
title A needle in the breast: a case report
title_full A needle in the breast: a case report
title_fullStr A needle in the breast: a case report
title_full_unstemmed A needle in the breast: a case report
title_short A needle in the breast: a case report
title_sort needle in the breast: a case report
topic Case report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2737779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19830203
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1752-1947-3-7419
work_keys_str_mv AT karapolatsami aneedleinthebreastacasereport
AT karapolatsami needleinthebreastacasereport

Ejemplares similares