title: Migration of the breast biopsy localization wire to the pulmonary hilus.
abstract: There have been very few reports of severe complications accompanied by wire localization of breast lesions, such as transsection of the wire and wire migration to the extramammary sites. This is a report of wire migration into the pulmonary hilus demanding surgical removal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. banitalebi@medscape.com
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Banitalebi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Skaane
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D008875:Middle Aged; D035423:Thoracic Cavity; D013908:Thoracotomy