After a biopsy of your breast the doctor will put a clip in your breast as a way to mark the site of the biopsy in case the tissue proves to be cancerous and additional surgery is required.
The clip in your breast after the biopsy is left inside the breast and is not harmful to the body.
And then if the biopsy leads to more surgery, the clip will be removed at that time.
The vast majority of markers have a metal component of either titanium and/or stainless steel.
Some markers have a gel tube surrounding the metal component which expands inside the breast.
This gel tube allows the radiologist to better visualize the clip under ultrasound and MRI for approximately 12-15 months.
Adverse reaction to metallic marking device, including titanium, is an unlikely scenario following minor breast interventions, namely clip placements.
This may become a potential cause of pain and discomfort with regard to the affected breast.
You can have discomfort in the breast or you can have burning in the breast if it's kind of pushing on a nerve.
Many women equate those symptoms with the placement of the clip, but generally, they're actually from the procedure itself.”
Even a small surgery can take time to heal.
In this procedure, the doctor makes a small cut measuring less than one-quarter of an inch.
They insert a hollow probe through the incision and guide it toward the mass using an MRI, ultrasound, or X-ray.
Clips in your breast may migrate within the same quadrant where the lesion was located or to another quadrant of the breast.
Clip migration may occur immediately after biopsy or may be seen on later follow-up mammograms.
Clip migration can affect interpretation of mammographic findings and localization for future surgery.
A breast biopsy is a procedure to remove a sample of breast tissue for testing.
The tissue sample is sent to a lab, where doctors who specialize in analyzing blood and body tissue (pathologists) examine the tissue sample and provide a diagnosis.
You will be awake during your biopsy and should have little discomfort.
Many women report little pain and no scarring on the breast.
However, certain patients, including those with dense breast tissue or abnormalities near the chest wall or behind the nipple, may be more sensitive during the procedure.
The skin around the cut (incision) may feel firm, swollen, and tender.
The area may be bruised.
Tenderness should go away in about a week, and the bruising will fade within two weeks.
Firmness and swelling may last 6 to 8 weeks.