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Published online before print January 18, 2002, 10.1148/radiol.2223011263
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(Radiology 2002;222:794-796.)
© RSNA, 2002

Clip Migration after 11-gauge Vacuum-assisted Stereotactic Biopsy: Case Report1

Liane E. Philpotts, MD and Carol H. Lee, MD

1 From the Department of Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St, PO Box 208042, New Haven, CT 06520. Received July 23, 2001; revision requested August 23; revision received September 14; accepted September 20. Address correspondence to L.E.P. (e-mail: philpotts@biomed.med.yale.edu).



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  		Figure 1a. (a) Craniocaudal and (b) mediolateral postprocedural mammograms show the clip (arrow) accurately located at the biopsy site. Almost all of the calcifications were removed. Results of histologic analysis showed that the calcifications were benign.

 


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  		Figure 1b. (a) Craniocaudal and (b) mediolateral postprocedural mammograms show the clip (arrow) accurately located at the biopsy site. Almost all of the calcifications were removed. Results of histologic analysis showed that the calcifications were benign.

 


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  		Figure 2a. (a) Craniocaudal and (b) mediolateral oblique images obtained 1 year after the biopsy show the clip (solid arrow) in the inferior aspect of the breast. A small scar and a few residual calcifications are at the previous biopsy site (open arrow).

 


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  		Figure 2b. (a) Craniocaudal and (b) mediolateral oblique images obtained 1 year after the biopsy show the clip (solid arrow) in the inferior aspect of the breast. A small scar and a few residual calcifications are at the previous biopsy site (open arrow).

 




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