title: Calcification of the fibrous capsule about mammary implants.
abstract: The possibility of fibrous capsule calcification should be kept in mind when evaluating mammograms in patients who have had an augmentation mammaplasty. One of our 4 cases was examined radiologically and the calcifications were not characteristic of those associated with malignancy, but the appearance might be different in the next case. The etiology is undetermined.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery*; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000009:adverse effects; D011859:Radiography