Rupture of an expander prosthesis mimics axillary cancer recurrence

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1027-1028

  Ismael, Thamirss ^a   Kelly, J ^a   Regan, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Implant; Rupture; Silicone

Indexed keywords

SILICONE GEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BREAST IMPLANTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SILICONE GELS; TISSUE EXPANDERS;

EID: 26044464540     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2005.04.058     Document Type: Article

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