Pathology of silicone leakage from breast implants

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 493-497

  Van Diest, Paul J ^a   Beekman, Werner H ^b   Hage, Joris J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Ziekenhuis Hilversum   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST CANCER; BREAST PROSTHESIS; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANTATION; KIKUCHI DISEASE; LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REVIEW; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA;

EID: 0031878179     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.51.7.493     Document Type: Review

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