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.

• Breast lesion localization wire, migration, thorax
• extramammary sites
• foreign body migration, thorax, CT
• hooked wire