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Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: A needle in the breast: a case report | JOURNAL OF MEDICAL CASE REPORTS Open Access Case report A needle in the breast a case report Sami Karapolat Address Department of Thoracic Surgery State Hospital Bitlis Turkey Email samikarapolat@yahoo.com Received 8 October 2008 Accepted 27 January 2009 Published 22 July 2009 Journal ofMedical Case Reports 2009 3 7419 doi 10.4076 1752-1947-3-7419 This article is available from http jmedicalcasereports.com jmedicalcasereports article view 7419 2009 Karapolat licensee Cases Network Ltd. 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. Abstract 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. Introduction Needles embedded in soft tissue anywhere in the body are a common entity. However a needle in the breast is an unusual manifestation and because of non-specific clinical findings it can be difficult to diagnose this condition clinically 1 . Thus they may remain asymptomatic for many years. Case presentation A 21-year-old woman was admitted with complaints of severe pain in her right breast and overlying skin bruising. Four years earlier while she was receiving medical treatment for major depression she had inserted a sewing needle into her left anterior chest wall to commit suicide and had told no-one. Blunt trauma had occurred on the right anterior chest wall approximately a week prior to presentation. During physical examination sensitivity to palpation and an .
