Foreign body in the breast: diagnosis and treatment (clinical case)

Foreign body in the breast of an iatrogenic nature is an extremely rare observation diagnosed after surgical treatment of breast formations, while often simulating a benign or malignant neoplasm. For the final diagnosis, surgical treatment with histological examination of the removed drug is used. The observation presented in the article is interesting because during a biopsy of a nodular formation in the mammary gland, the presence of an iatrogenic foreign body was suspected, taking into account the anamnesis data, it is known that 5 years ago the patient underwent sectoral resection of both breasts for fibroadenomas. The diagnosis was confirmed by the morphological conclusion of the removed drug. Any breast formation must be confirmed by morphological examination, followed by a decision on the need for surgical intervention or dynamic observation