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Case Reports
. 2019 Jun 17;11(6):e4917.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.4917.

A Case Report of Foreign Body Embolization

Hemanth Boppana  1 , Shravan Teelucksingh  2 , L K Teja Boppana  3 , Sateesh Sakhamuri  4
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Case Reports

A Case Report of Foreign Body Embolization

Hemanth Boppana et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Prostate brachytherapy (BT) seed embolization to the lung is a rare complication, with <1% of all seeds migrating post-implantation. Here, we present the case of a 63-year-old male who presented with a history of chest pain and intermittent dyspnea at rest for the last four months.

Keywords: brachytherapy embolization; prostate brachytherapy; prostate cancer; seed migration.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Frontal (posterior to anterior technique) chest radiograph demonstrating three migrated brachytherapy seeds in the lower lung zones bilaterally (red arrows).
Figure 2
Figure 2. Coronal (A) and axial (B) CT of the abdomen and pelvis without contrast showing multiple 4 mm x 0.8 mm densities within the prostate gland, consistent with brachytherapy seeds.
Figure 3
Figure 3. Coronal (A and B) and axial (C and D) CT of the chest with contrast showing the three brachytherapy seeds, which were visualized on chest radiograph.
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