Foreign body granuloma from a gunshot injury to the breast

Chung, Hannah; Leung, Jessica W.T.

doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2020.08.021

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“…Several inorganic agents have been described to trigger a granulomatous reaction [18–20]. Besides the previous mentioned epidemiological observations, suggestions for an association between inorganic agents and sarcoidosis are also obtained by several recently published case reports.…”

Section: Exposure To Metals or Silicamentioning

confidence: 89%

The emerging role of inorganic elements as potential antigens in sarcoidosis

Beijer

Veltkamp

2021

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

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Purpose of reviewPrevious studies mainly described a role for organic agents as possible triggers for sarcoidosis. In this review, we address recent studies suggesting a possible role for inorganic elements, such as metals or silica in sarcoidosis pathogenesis.Recent findingsSeveral epidemiological papers suggest that inorganic agents, either by environmental exposures or occupational activities, could trigger sarcoidosis. Association between inorganics and sarcoidosis is also described in several recently published case reports and studies demonstrating immunological sensitization to inorganic agents in sarcoidosis patients.Studies comparing chronic beryllium disease (CBD) and sarcoidosis suggest that although antigenic triggers may differ, underlying processes may be comparable.Besides the fact that a growing number of studies show a possible role for inorganic triggers, it is also suggested that inorganic triggered sarcoidosis may result in a more severe phenotype, including pulmonary fibrosis.SummaryWe can use the knowledge already gained on CBD pathogenesis to conduct further research into role of inorganics, such as metals and silica as antigens in sarcoidosis. Given the importance of a lymphocyte proliferation test (LPT) in diagnosing CBD, it seems obvious to also implement this test in the diagnostic work-up of sarcoidosis to identify patients with an inorganic antigenic trigger of their disease.

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Section: Exposure To Metals or Silicamentioning

confidence: 89%

The emerging role of inorganic elements as potential antigens in sarcoidosis

Beijer

Veltkamp

2021

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

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“…The most common foreign materials found in the breast are iatrogenically acquired metallic bodies, such as clips placed during/after biopsy or surgical procedures, or fragments of localization wires [1] . Other foreign bodies that have been encountered occasionally in the breast include gunshot material, sewing needles, pencil lead fragments, and pieces of broken glass [1] , [2] , [3] , [4] . While the Radiology literature mentions glass as a potential foreign body in the breast, there are few reports that provide patient examples.…”

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confidence: 99%

Glass shards masquerading as calcifications in the breast: A case report

Khanna,

Peters,

Glazebrook

et al. 2024

Radiology Case Reports

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“…The presence of foreign bodies in a breast has been previously described 1,2 and attempts to remove them may contemplate various approaches, 2,3 more or less invasive for patients.…”

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confidence: 99%

Successful retrieval of a needle point from the breast through a vacuum-assisted breast biopsy system

Sibilio

Bucchi²,

Alfieri³

et al. 2022

Acta Radiologica Open

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Stereotactic vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (VABB) system is generally used to perform breast biopsies after identifying suspicious lesions that are occult on ultrasound. In this case, we used an 8-Gauge VABB to retrieve a needle point retained in the outer-lower quadrant of the right breast of a patient previously treated with lumpectomy. The use of stereotactic VABB system in this specific clinical setting has been never described before and resulted minimally invasive and perfectly suitable for correct localisation and retrieval of the 3-mm needle point; moreover, it may be easily reproduced elsewhere.

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Foreign body granuloma from a gunshot injury to the breast

Cited by 6 publications

References 13 publications

The emerging role of inorganic elements as potential antigens in sarcoidosis

The emerging role of inorganic elements as potential antigens in sarcoidosis

Glass shards masquerading as calcifications in the breast: A case report

Successful retrieval of a needle point from the breast through a vacuum-assisted breast biopsy system

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