Knife wound on breast ultrasound

Case contributed by Garth Kruger
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Ultrasound of an unexplained parenchymal distortion on mammography.

Patient Data

Age: Adult
Gender: Female
ultrasound

Ultrasound deep to a surgical scar on the skin confirms a traumatic knife wound to the breast.

Case Discussion

There are very few straight lines in nature. This lady was waiting for a bus when a fight erupted outside a pub and she was stabbed in the left breast with a pocket knife by one of the thugs. 

The client quite correctly denied surgical intervention so we worked the distortion up. It turned out she was stabbed as a young woman.

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