title: An unusual case of a ruptured Poly Implant Prothèse breast implant associated with xanthoma.
abstract: A suspicious breast mass was intra-operatively found in a female patient previously operated for breast augmentation with the Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP) implants. The neoplasm was verified as xanthoma and an asymptomatic microrupture of PIP was also detected. This report discusses possible association of breast xanthoma with PIP implant rupture.
authors: Department of Surgery #4, Bogomolets National Medical University, Kiev, Ukraine; Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors: Andrii
authors: A
authors: Dinets
authors: Department of Surgery #4, Bogomolets National Medical University, Kiev, Ukraine; Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors: Dmytro
authors: D
authors: Unukovych
authors: Department of Surgery #4, Bogomolets National Medical University , Kiev , Ukraine.
authors: Vasyl
authors: V
authors: Khrapach
authors: Department of Surgery #4, Bogomolets National Medical University , Kiev , Ukraine.
authors: Olga
authors: O
authors: Zakhartseva
authors: Department of Surgery #4, Bogomolets National Medical University , Kiev , Ukraine.
authors: Volodymyr
authors: V
authors: Sulik
authors: Department of Plastic Surgery, Harmony Hospital , Kiev , Ukraine.
authors: Edgar
authors: E
authors: Kaminskyi
authors: Department of Surgery #4, Bogomolets National Medical University , Kiev , Ukraine.
authors: Olexandr
authors: O
authors: Khrapach
authors: Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm , Sweden.
authors: Ani
authors: A
authors: Meloyan
authors: Department of Pathology, Kyiv City Teaching Oncology Center , Kiev , Ukraine.
authors: Lubov
authors: L
authors: Zakhartseva
authors: Department of Surgery #4, Bogomolets National Medical University , Kiev , Ukraine.
authors: Volodymyr
authors: V
authors: Mishalov
keywords: PIP implant; Poly implant prothese; xanthoma