Leakage and silicone lymphadenopathy with cohesive breast implant [1]

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 518-519

  Shaaban, H ^a   Jmor, S ^b   Alvi, R ^a  

^a WHISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHPORT AND ORMSKIRK HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ADULT; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CASE REPORT; ESTHETIC SURGERY; EXCISION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICONE PROSTHESIS;

EID: 0041353702     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1226(03)00181-4     Document Type: Letter

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