Case Report

An Unexpected Foreign Body Causing Twinkling Artifact On Doppler Ultrasonography

10.1501/Tipfak_0000000827

  • Ebru Düșünceli Atman
  • Evren Üstüner
  • Hasan Özcan

Received Date: 15.11.2011 Accepted Date: 02.07.2013 J Ankara Univ Fac Med 2012;65(3):155-158

We herein describe a patient with a needle in her breast which was initially shown on ultrasound examination. There was no operation or trauma history of the patient. Owing to the metallic nature of the needle, twinkling sign was detected on color Doppler ultrasound. Mammography confirmed the diagnosis.

Keywords: Foreign Body, Breast, “Twinkling” Sign, Color Doppler