2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2021.106241
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Late migration of silicon as a complication to breast transplant rupture: Case report and literature review

Abstract: Silicone implants have been used for breast augmentations, both cosmetically and in reconstructive surgery since the 1960s. Rupture of breast implants and silicone migration is a well-known complication. In this case report and literature review, we present a case of a 53-year-old woman with bilateral cosmetic silicone gel breast implant in 1986, and a replacement with saline gel in 2005. The patient had no breast complaints and observed no change in breast volume during this period. In 2020, silicone was rand… Show more

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“…Similar problems have been reported by ophthalmologists and orthopaedists, who often encounter cases of granuloma formation after vitrectomy, silicone oil retinal tamponade or injection of silicone in joints, and silicone joint prosthesis operations [5][6]. However, only a few reports exist on cervical lymphadenopathy associated with breast implants, and these mainly involve single case reports or small case series [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] (Table 1).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 63%
“…Similar problems have been reported by ophthalmologists and orthopaedists, who often encounter cases of granuloma formation after vitrectomy, silicone oil retinal tamponade or injection of silicone in joints, and silicone joint prosthesis operations [5][6]. However, only a few reports exist on cervical lymphadenopathy associated with breast implants, and these mainly involve single case reports or small case series [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] (Table 1).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 63%
“…Investigating breast implant inflammation and infection by means of [18F] FDG PET/CT is reported mainly when breast prostheses are implanted in patients affected by breast cancer or in patients with symptoms and imaging consistent with lung (oncologic) afflictions (Figures 3 and 4). Several objective findings, such as hard lumps under the skin around the implant, eventually with inflammation, rejections, contracture or, even worse, leakage and rupture of the implant, with silicone migration and distant granulomas are described in the literature [22,26,29,31,[35][36][37][38]63] (Figure 5). Many cases manifest as focal tissue reaction or mediastinal or axillary lymph nodes pathology.…”
Section: Petmentioning
confidence: 99%