Eun Ju SON ; Ki Keun OH ; Eun Kyung KIM
Yonsei Medical Journal 2006;47(5):752-754
Foreign bodies, such as surgical sponges or drains, are sometimes retained after surgical procedures.1 Retention of a drain in the breast tissue postoperatively is an unusual complication. This report describes two cases of characteristic sonographic findings related to retained silastic drains following breast surgery. *Ultrasonography, Mammary ; Silicones ; Postoperative Complications/*diagnosis/radiography/ultrasonography ; *Mammography ; Humans ; Foreign Bodies/*diagnosis/radiography/ultrasonography ; Female ; Drainage/*instrumentation ; Dimethylpolysiloxanes ; Adult