Impaired myocardial SPECT imaging secondary to silicon- and saline breast implants

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> From: ruby rahn <rubyrm@...>

> Subject: Impaired myocardial SPECT imaging secondary

> to silicon- and saline breast implants

> Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 01:16:22 -0500

> ruby rahn <rubyrm@...>

>

> Since heart disease - is the leading cause of death

> in American women

> - this information is very important!

>

> The other articles were found using a " breast

> implants and disease "

> search in PubMed.

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> 1. Impaired myocardial SPECT imaging secondary to

> silicon- and saline-

> containing breast implants.

>

> Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2006 Mar 15; [Epub ahead

> of print]

>

> Stinis CT, Lizotte PE, Movahed MR.

>

> PMID: 16538430 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

>

> Abstract: Early detection of coronary artery disease

> (CAD) in women

> has been challenging. Women are more likely to

> present with atypical

> symptoms, and non-invasive evaluation for CAD has

> been less accurate.

> Myocardial SPECT imaging is a well-established

> technique that

> provides important physiologic, anatomic, and

> prognostic information

> in women. Attenuation artifacts secondary to breast

> tissue are a

> common problem in women and can lead to decreased

> specificity of

> gated SPECT imaging. Cosmetic breast implants are

> increasing in

> popularity. The presence of a foreign object

> overlying the anterior

> wall of the heart in addition to native breast

> tissue can

> significantly increase attenuation artifacts. There

> is only one

> report to date describing attenuation artifact due

> to silicon breast

> implants in comparison to control, and there are no

> reports regarding

> saline breast implants. Here we report three cases

> of impaired

> myocardial SPECT imaging in women with breast

> implants: one patient

> with silicone implants, and two with

> saline-containing implants.

> Clinicians should be aware of this problem and women

> should be

> educated regarding the potential future diagnostic

> problems that may

> occur with breast implants before considering this

> cosmetic surgery.

>

>

>

>

> 2. Silicone thorax due to a ruptured breast implant.

>

> Chest. 2005 May;127(5):1854-7.

>

> Levine RL, TC, Cartwright J Jr, Cagle PT.

>

> PMID: 15888870 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

>

> Abstract: A woman with a history of bilateral

> mastectomy and silicone

> implants for fibrocystic disease and a history of

> atrial septal

> defect repair presented with pleural nodules on a

> chest radiograph. A

> thorascopic biopsy performed for possible

> mesothelioma demonstrated

> chronic inflammation and focal pleural fibrosis due

> to a foreign-body

> reaction secondary to silicone. This was confirmed

> using scanning

> electron microscopy and energy-dispersive radiograph

> elemental

> analysis. As the population ages, the increasing

> frequency of

> ruptured silicone implants and the need for heart

> surgery may result

> in a corresponding increase in the risk for

> fibrothorax secondary to

> inadvertent silicone introduction during surgery.

>

> 3.[Necrobiosis lipoidica over appendectomy scar in a

> patient with

> morphea of the breast]

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> Spanish.

>

> Acebo E, Gardeazabal J, Marcellan M, Lasa O, Burgos

> JJ, - JL.

>

> PMID: 16540053 [PubMed - in process]

>

>

>

> 4. Magnetic resonance imaging of the breast: current

> indications.

>

> Can Assoc Radiol J. 2005 Dec;56(5):301-8. Review.

>

> Lalonde L, J, Trop I.

>

> PMID: 16579024 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

>

> 5. [The risk of severe complications of body

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>

> Ekelius L, Fohlman J, Kalin M.

>

> Lakartidningen. 2005 Sep 12-18;102(37):2560-2, 2564.

> Swedish.

>

> PMID: 16200902 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

>

> 6. Successful treatment of acute periprosthetic

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> curettage, pulse lavage, and immediate device

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>

> De Lorenzi C.

>

> Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2005 Sep-Oct;29(5):400-3.

>

> PMID: 16075354 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

>

> 7. Breast implants as a possible etiology of

> epithelioid

> hemangioendothelioma and successful therapy with

> interferon-alpha2.

>

> Breast J. 2005 Jul-Aug;11(4):257-61.

>

> Marsh Rde W, MH, G, Liu C.

>

> PMID: 15982392 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

>

> 8. Saline-filled breast implant contamination with

> Curvularia species

> among women who underwent cosmetic breast

> augmentation.

>

> J Infect Dis. 2005 Jul 1;192(1):170-7. Epub 2005 May

> 18.

>

> Kainer MA, Keshavarz H, Jensen BJ, Arduino MJ,

> Brandt ME, Padhye AA,

> Jarvis WR, Archibald LK.

>

> PMID: 15942908 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

>

> 9. [Mondor's disease: a complication after breast

> surgery]

>

> Ann Chir Plast Esthet. 2005 Jun;50(3):197-201.

> French.

>

> Lhoest F, Grandjean FX, Heymans O.

>

> PMID: 15963839 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

>

> 10. Silicone embolism syndrome: a case report,

> review of the

> literature, and comparison with fat embolism

> syndrome.

>

> Chest. 2005 Jun;127(6):2276-81. Review.

>

> Schmid A, Tzur A, Leshko L, Krieger BP.

>

> PMID: 15947350 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

>

> 11. Infection, vaccines and other environmental

> triggers of

> autoimmunity.

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> Autoimmunity. 2005 May;38(3):235-45.

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> Molina V, Shoenfeld Y.

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> PMID: 16126512 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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