Peculiar mammographic and ultrasonographic findings of a retained silastic drain in the breast

Eun Ju Son; Ki Keun Oh; Eun-Kyung Kim

doi:10.3349/ymj.2006.47.5.752

Peculiar mammographic and ultrasonographic findings of a retained silastic drain in the breast

Yonsei Med J. 2006 Oct 31;47(5):752-4. doi: 10.3349/ymj.2006.47.5.752.

Authors

Eun Ju Son¹, Ki Keun Oh, Eun-Kyung Kim

Affiliation

¹ Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Shinchon Severance Hospital, 134 Shinchon-dong, Soedaemun-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea.

Abstract

Foreign bodies, such as surgical sponges or drains, are sometimes retained after surgical procedures.1 Retention of a drain in the breast tissue postoperatively is an unusual complication. This report describes two cases of characteristic sonographic findings related to retained silastic drains following breast surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Dimethylpolysiloxanes
Drainage / instrumentation*
Female
Foreign Bodies / diagnosis*
Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Mammography*
Postoperative Complications / diagnosis*
Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
Silicones
Ultrasonography, Mammary*

Substances

Dimethylpolysiloxanes
Silicones
baysilon