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.
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