title: Intrathoracic migration of a silicone breast implant 5 months after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
abstract: A 72-year-old woman, who had previous bilateral reconstruction mammoplasty, underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for a right middle lobe pulmonary carcinoid. Five months after her surgery, the patient noticed an acute pronounced reduction in her right breast volume, with shortness of breath and cough. A computed tomography study of the chest revealed intrathoracic migration and rupture of her right breast implant, with associated silicone thorax. Subsequent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery confirmed this diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642-8648, USA. jeremy_sykes@urmc.rochester.edu
authors.forename: Jeremy B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Sykes
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Rosella
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018427:Breast Implants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D035422:Pleural Cavity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome