Re: calcifications

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Thank you, thank you, Dede.

You're a wonder.

Those links are perfect.

Sad, but perfect for educational purposes.

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M.

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http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/radiology/education/materials/interesting_cases/IS\

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> Diagnosis: Calcified Breast Implants

> Discussion:The body naturally forms a reactive fibrous capsule around a breast

implant. Calcifications can form in this fibrous capsule. The calcifications are

in the form of hydroxyapatite crystals within the fibrous capsule or on the

surface of the capsule. They appear as plaque-like deposits near the surface of

the implant. Normal implants appear semi-ovoid on lateral views. They become

rounder and harder with capsule formation.

> Timing and frequency of implant calcification vary with year of manufacturing.

There have been multiple generations of silicone implants. It is expected that

all first generation silicone gel implants which have Dacron-backing calcify.

Second generation implant calcification is not usually seen until after a little

more than a decade. Third, fourth, and fifth generation implants are now

available, however data on their calcification rates is still sparse.

Calcifications can also form around saline implants, though it has not been

studied as extensively as for silicone implants.

> In general, calcifications are more common when an implant has been in place

for over a decade, has ruptured, or is subglandular in location rather than

submuscular.

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> Kopans DB. Breast Imaging, 3rd Ed., Lippincott & Wilkins, 2007

> s W, D, Lugowski S, Pritzker K, Holmyard D. Calcification

properties of saline-filled breast implants. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2001

Feb;107(2):356-63. [PubMed]

> Prantl L, Schreml S, Fichtner-l S, Pöppl N, Eisenmann-Klein M, Schwarze

H, Füchtmeier B.Clinical and morphological conditions in capsular contracture

formed around silicone breast implants. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2007

Jul;120(1):275-84. [PubMed]

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