Silicone migration from silicone-injected breasts: magnetic resonance images.
Injection of liquid silicone into the breast was performed illicitly in the 1950s to 1960s and was subsequently prohibited. Many complications arise from silicone injection, and liquid silicone migration is a complication that has not been widely reported. The authors present magnetic resonance images of a patient with liquid silicone migration from the breast to the upper chest and lower neck. Breast ultrasonographic and mammographic findings are also presented for correlation.
Wang
Jane
J
Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan.
Shih
Tiffany Ting-Fang
TT
Chang
King-Jen
KJ
Li
Yiu-Wah
YW
D000328:Adult; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008327:Mammography; D012826:Silicone Elastomers / Q000009:adverse effects*
D012826:Silicone Elastomers