Axillary silicone lymphadenopathy secondary to augmentation mammaplasty
We report a case involving a 45-year-old woman, who presented with an axillary mass 10 years after bilateral cosmetic augmentation mammaplasty. A lump was detected in the left axilla, and subsequent mammography and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated intracapsular rupture of the left breast pros...
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| author | Dragoumis Dimitrios Assimaki Anthoula Vrizas Triantafyllos Tsiftsoglou Aris |
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| description | We report a case involving a 45-year-old woman, who presented with an axillary mass 10 years after bilateral cosmetic augmentation mammaplasty. A lump was detected in the left axilla, and subsequent mammography and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated intracapsular rupture of the left breast prosthesis. An excisional biopsy of the left axillary lesion and replacement of the ruptured implant was performed. Histological analysis showed that the axillary lump was lymph nodes containing large amounts of silicone. Silicone lymphadenopathy is an obscure complication of procedures involving the use of silicone. It is thought to occur following the transit of silicone droplets from breast implants to lymph nodes by macrophages and should always be considered as a differential diagnosis in patients in whom silicone prostheses are present. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c5681f6d3f074e118bf0480b8accf13a2022-12-22T01:20:38ZengThieme Medical Publishers, Inc.Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery0970-03581998-376X2010-01-01432206209Axillary silicone lymphadenopathy secondary to augmentation mammaplastyDragoumis DimitriosAssimaki AnthoulaVrizas TriantafyllosTsiftsoglou ArisWe report a case involving a 45-year-old woman, who presented with an axillary mass 10 years after bilateral cosmetic augmentation mammaplasty. A lump was detected in the left axilla, and subsequent mammography and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated intracapsular rupture of the left breast prosthesis. An excisional biopsy of the left axillary lesion and replacement of the ruptured implant was performed. Histological analysis showed that the axillary lump was lymph nodes containing large amounts of silicone. Silicone lymphadenopathy is an obscure complication of procedures involving the use of silicone. It is thought to occur following the transit of silicone droplets from breast implants to lymph nodes by macrophages and should always be considered as a differential diagnosis in patients in whom silicone prostheses are present.http://www.ijps.org/article.asp?issn=0970-0358;year=2010;volume=43;issue=2;spage=206;epage=209;aulast=DragoumisAugmentation; breast prostheses; implant; mammaplasty; silicone lymphadenopathy; ruptured breast implant |
| spellingShingle | Dragoumis Dimitrios Assimaki Anthoula Vrizas Triantafyllos Tsiftsoglou Aris Axillary silicone lymphadenopathy secondary to augmentation mammaplasty Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery Augmentation; breast prostheses; implant; mammaplasty; silicone lymphadenopathy; ruptured breast implant |
| title | Axillary silicone lymphadenopathy secondary to augmentation mammaplasty |
| title_full | Axillary silicone lymphadenopathy secondary to augmentation mammaplasty |
| title_fullStr | Axillary silicone lymphadenopathy secondary to augmentation mammaplasty |
| title_full_unstemmed | Axillary silicone lymphadenopathy secondary to augmentation mammaplasty |
| title_short | Axillary silicone lymphadenopathy secondary to augmentation mammaplasty |
| title_sort | axillary silicone lymphadenopathy secondary to augmentation mammaplasty |
| topic | Augmentation; breast prostheses; implant; mammaplasty; silicone lymphadenopathy; ruptured breast implant |
| url | http://www.ijps.org/article.asp?issn=0970-0358;year=2010;volume=43;issue=2;spage=206;epage=209;aulast=Dragoumis |
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