title: Peculiar mammographic and ultrasonographic findings of a retained silastic drain in the breast.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Shinchon Severance Hospital, 134 Shinchon-dong, Soedaemun-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea.
authors.forename: Eun Ju
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Son
authors.forename: Ki Keun
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Eun-Kyung
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012828:Silicones; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary
chemical_list: D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes; D012828:Silicones; C013830:baysilon