The US features, although generally benign, are not specific. Tissue sampling with fine-needle aspiration biopsy is recommended. Core biopsy is necessary if a diagnosis cannot be made with the aspirate but is not performed initially because of the possibility of milk fistula formation.
Plastic materials are ubiquitous in our environment1. Inhaled plastic and cellulose microfibers are frequently found in healthy lung and malignant lung histological specimens2. We present a unique case of visible fibers obtained on the transbronchial biopsy suspicious of a foreign body with pathology demonstrating underlying malignancy.
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