Magnetic resonance evaluation of breast implants and soft-tissue silicone

Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 92-137

  Middleton, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmentation; Bleed; Breast; Identification; Implant; Magnetic resonance (MR); Prosthesis; Rupture; Silicone

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; HEMATOMA; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REVIEW; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BREAST; BREAST IMPLANTS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMOGRAPHY; SILICONES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 0031839064     PISSN: 08993459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002142-199804000-00003     Document Type: Review

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