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Mammographic Visualization of a Nonpalpable Breast Mass Through a Radiolucent Breast Implant

Santi, Pierluigi MD; Leone, Maria Stella MD; Passarelli, Barbara MD; Cicchetti, Silvia MD; Imperiale, Andrea MD; Young, V. Leroy MD; Knapp, Terry R. MD

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From the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Radiodiagnostic Division, Istituto Scientifico per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IST), Genoa, Italy; the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; and §LipoMatrix Inc., Neuchãtel, Switzerland.

Annals of Plastic Surgery 39(4):p 333-336, October 1997.

Abstract

We report a woman who undrwent augmentation mammaplasty as part of a clinical tiral of the Trilucent (soybean oil-filled) breast implant in Genoa, Italy. Five months after surgery a mammography was performed in response to the patient's complaints of pressure and tightness in the area of her left breast. The mammogram clearly demonstrated a 5-mm fibroadenoma of the left breast. This is the first documented case of a nonpapable breast lesion that was detected by mammography through the new radiolucent, triglyceride-filled implant.

Santi P, Leone MS, Passarelli B, Cicchetti S, Imperiale A, Young VL, Knapp Tr, Mammographic visualization of anonpapable breast mass through a radiolucent breast implant.

© Williams & Wilkins 1997. All Rights Reserved.

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