title: Axillary lymphadenopathy 17 years after digital silicone implants: study with x-ray microanalysis.
abstract: Axillary lymphadenopathy developed in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis 17 years after the placing of Swanson implants in the hand. Foreign material in the lymph nodes was identified as silicone by energy-dispersive x-ray microanalysis. This emphasizes the long latent period that may be associated with this clinical phenomenon which may mimic other, more serious, diseases.
authors.affiliation: Pathology Department, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Paplanus
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Payne
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000601:surgery*; D001365:Axilla; D004577:Electron Probe Microanalysis; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007595:Joint Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000032:analysis / Q000473:pathology; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012828:Silicones / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D012828:Silicones