title: Local recurrence of breast cancer around a prosthesis dome.
abstract: We report a patient who, 2 years after mastectomy and breast reconstruction using a permanent expander, developed metastatic carcinoma around the filling port of the prosthesis. We believe this is the first description of such a condition, the differential diagnosis of which includes a silicone granuloma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Reconstructive Surgery, National Institute for Cancer Research, Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Franchelli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Canavese
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Murolo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barabino
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018427:Breast Implants; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty; D015409:Mastectomy, Radical; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy