title: [Three cases of chronic polyarthritis after silicon implantation (breast augmentation): causal relationship?].
abstract: We describe three women with rheumatoid arthritis after augmentation mammoplasty with silicone implants. The possibility for a causal relationship between silicone implantation and arthritis as examples of a "human adjuvant disease" is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum Innere Medizin und Dermatologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hammer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Krippner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000209:etiology*; D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012828:Silicones / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D012828:Silicones
vernacular_title: Drei Fälle von chronischer Polyarthritis nach Silikon-Implantation (Mamma-Augmentations-plastik): Kausalzusammenhang?