Calcification of the fibrous capsule about mammary implants.
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.
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