Pleural silicone granuloma mimics pleural metastasis: Ruptured breast implant with silicone fistulising along a remote thoracotomy scar.
Silicone gel from ruptured implants can migrate to locations such as the chest wall, axillae, and upper extremities, resulting in granulomatous inflammation. Pleural silicone granulomas have rarely been reported in the literature. This is a rare case of pleural silicone granuloma, which demonstrates that silicone gel from an extracapsular implant rupture can fistulise into the pleural space along a remote thoracotomy scar.
Christina M
CM
DiCarlo
Pooria
P
Javadi
Michael
M
Yang
Robert C
RC
Gilkeson
Edward M
EM
Hsiao
CT, computed tomography; PET, positron-emission tomography