title: MR evaluation of breast implants.
abstract: This article describes the rationale and indications for breast implant-related magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, alone or in combination with breast cancer-related MR imaging. Basic silicone chemistry, implant styles, and normal appearances of breast implants are described. The various presentations of breast implant rupture are described, and a 4-point staging scheme for intracapsular rupture is reviewed. Finally, a discussion of what the reviewing physician needs to know is presented, both before breast implant MR examinations are requested and afterward, when results are reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, UCSD School of Medicine, 410 West Dickinson Street, San Diego, CA 92103-8749, USA. Electronic address: msm@ucsd.edu.
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Middleton
mesh_terms: D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D018427:Breast Implants / Q000009:adverse effects; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D012421:Rupture / Q000473:pathology; D012828:Silicones; D012965:Sodium Chloride
chemical_list: D012828:Silicones; D012965:Sodium Chloride
keywords: Breast; Deflation; Implant; MR; Prosthesis; Rupture; Saline; Silicone