medical article on silicone degrading and roaming to the lymph nodes

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“Silicone lymphadenopathia†following augmentation mammaplasty

European Journal of Plastic Surgery

Publisher Springer Berlin / Heidelberg

ISSN 0930-343X (Print) 1435-0130 (Online)

Issue Volume 6, Number 3 / September, 1982

DOI 10.1007/BF00269875

Pages 209-214

Subject Collection Medicine

SpringerLink Date Monday, November 29, 2004

G. Mikuz1, G. Hoinkes2, A. Propst1 and P. Wilflingseder3(

1) Institut für Pathologische Anatomie, Müllerstraße 44, Innsbruck

(2) Institut für Mineralogie und Petrographie, Universitätsstraße 3, Innsbruck

(3) Universitäts-Klinik für Plastische- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Anichstraße 35, A-6020 Innsbruck

Summary

One year after augmentation mammaplasty the axillary lymph nodes on both sides were found to be heavily loaded with material deriving from the intact gel-filled retromammary prostheses.

The histologic and electronmicroscopic findings were confirmed by the microchemical analyses (Si K--radiation).

The route of lymphatic drainage of the material and the differential diagnosis from other storage diseases are discussed and the importance of further observation of distant scattering of Silicone implant particles is emphasized.

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