Sentinel lymph node biopsy following prior augmentation mammaplasty and implant rupture

Summary We report the case of a 44 year old lady with bilateral cosmetic silicone breast implants who had previously undergone a change of her right implant following extracapsular rupture. She presented 4 years later with a new lump in her right breast and underwent subcutaneous mastectomy for a gr...

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Published inJournal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery Vol. 65; no. 12; pp. e348 - e350
Main Authors Warbrick-Smith, J, Cawthorn, S.J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2012
Subjects
Adult
Axilla
Breast augmentation
Breast Implants
Breast Neoplasms - pathology
Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast - pathology
Female
Granuloma, Foreign-Body - diagnosis
Granuloma, Foreign-Body - pathology
Granuloma, Foreign-Body - surgery
Humans
Implant
Mammography
Mastectomy
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Plastic Surgery
Prosthesis Failure
Sentinel lymph node
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
Silicone granuloma
Silicones - adverse effects
Tissue Expansion
Breast augmentation
Implant
Silicone granuloma
Sentinel lymph node
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Summary:Summary We report the case of a 44 year old lady with bilateral cosmetic silicone breast implants who had previously undergone a change of her right implant following extracapsular rupture. She presented 4 years later with a new lump in her right breast and underwent subcutaneous mastectomy for a grade 3 invasive ductal carcinoma. Sentinel lymph node biopsy demonstrated axillary silicone lymphadenopathy but nil evidence of metastatic disease. We present this as the first described case of successful sentinel lymph node biopsy in the context of prior augmentation mammaplasty and ipsilateral implant rupture with silicone lymphadenopathy.
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ISSN:1748-6815
1878-0539
DOI:10.1016/j.bjps.2012.09.004