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Pleural silicone granuloma mimics pleural metastasis: Ruptured breast implant with silicone fistulising along a remote thoracotomy scar

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: Silicone gel from ruptured implants can migrate to locations such as the chest wall, axillae, and upper extremities, resulting in granulomatous inflammation. Pleural silicone granulomas have rarely been reported in the literature. This is a rare case of pleural silicone granuloma, which demonstrates that silicone gel from an extracapsular implant rupture can fistulise into the pleural space along a remote thoracotomy scar.

Source: Radiology Case Reports

DOI: 10.2484/rcr.v7i3.672

Authors: Christina M. DiCarlo, Pooria Javadi, Michael Yang, Robert C. Gilkeson, Edward M. Hsiao

Institutions: Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Language: English

Topic: Breast Implant and Reconstruction

Subfield: Surgery

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $600