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Pseudoaneurysm of the Breast Treated with Percutaneous Ethanol Injection
Author(s) -
MeinKai Gueng,
YiHong Chou,
ChuiMei Tiu,
SeeYing Chiou,
Yafang Cheng
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of medical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.311
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2212-1552
pISSN - 0929-6441
DOI - 10.1016/j.jmu.2014.04.006
Subject(s) - medicine , pseudoaneurysm , breast lumps , percutaneous , hematoma , complication , radiology , surgery , biopsy , lesion , fine needle aspiration cytology , mammography , breast cancer , cancer
The incidence of complications following core needle biopsy (CNB) or fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of the breast is low, and the subsequent need for surgical management of any complication is rare. We herein report such a case in whom a pseudoaneurysm of the breast developed 2 days after a manually guided FNAC of a benign breast lesion. Percutaneous ethanol injection for treatment of the pseudoaneurysm was successfully done with remaining thrombosed hematoma in a single session

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