Paulraj S, Ashok Kumar P, Sekhon N, Gambhir HSS. Air in the Breast: A Rare Cause of Iatrogenic Pneumomastia.
Cureus 2020;
12:e8447. [PMID:
32642360 PMCID:
PMC7336588 DOI:
10.7759/cureus.8447]
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Abstract
Air in the breast tissue (pneumomastia) is a rare finding, more so without any history of procedures on the breast. We report the case of an 80-year-old lady who was found to have foci of gas in her right breast on a CT scan. On exclusion of other possible causes for the same, it was concluded that the air in the breast tissue was secondary to a peripheral intravenous line placement. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of pneumomastia as a complication of peripheral intravenous line placement.
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