title: Silicon granuloma mimicking lung cancer.
abstract: Silicon granuloma is one of the benign complications of breast implant failure but this is rarely reported. We report a 66-year-old lady presented to respiratory department with history of weight loss and a chest x-ray was highly suggestive of a lung malignancy. Further investigation including CT thorax and breast ultrasound suggested siliconoma that was later on confirmed on tissue biopsy.
authors: Department of Respiratory, Sheffield Teaching Hospital, Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK. liaquat103139@yahoo.com
authors: Liaquat
authors: L
authors: Ali
authors: Damian
authors: D
authors: Mcgivern
authors: Richard
authors: R
authors: Teoh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology*; D018427:Breast Implants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012826:Silicone Elastomers / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D012826:Silicone Elastomers